Tracy Morgan Quotes & Sayings

Of all the sicknesses, there is probably none more abusive than homophobia. — Tracy Morgan

I had a great time working on 'Saturday Night Live.' It was one of the important times in my life. — Tracy Morgan

When you're in the spotlight, people want to dissect you and then put you back together the way they want you. — Tracy Morgan

Listen, Bruce Lee fought out of anger. That's why they call it the 'Fists of Fury.' Michael Jackson danced with fury. I do stand up out of fury. I'm not mad at anybody. I'm not mad at any human being because I'm a human being. — Tracy Morgan

My father said: "If you want to catch your girl cheating, you knock on the front door and run to the back, because he's coming out the back." — Tracy Morgan

Reality is the scary thing. Not my work, not comedy. — Tracy Morgan

I don't even read the newspaper; I don't read that crap. — Tracy Morgan

I have a nice following in Boston. The Boston crowd is very hip. — Tracy Morgan

I come from where Mike Tyson came from. I come from right across the street from Jay-Z. I didn't have a pond in my backyard. I saw violence. — Tracy Morgan

Where I came from, people couldn't afford to go to the theatre. — Tracy Morgan

When Richard Pryor did comedy, it was like he was having a conversation. — Tracy Morgan

I think people would want to see Tracy Morgan host 'Saturday Night Live.' — Tracy Morgan

You will be surprised but I do a lot of studying and I watch National Geographic. — Tracy Morgan

Growing up in the ghetto is pretty hard. It's poverty; it's frustration. — Tracy Morgan

I'm not really struggling about my career. The struggles are in my personal life. I can't really pinpoint how long it took me to get where I'm at, and I didn't care how long it was going to take, because it's not about the destination, it's about the journey. — Tracy Morgan

I love animals, but I don't want to talk to them. I'd rather be able to talk to other people on other continents and understand them. — Tracy Morgan

Having a daughter makes you see things in a different way. You have to see how you're carrying yourself because there's a little girl. There's not a little boy, there's a little girl. I think I'm a little more overprotective. — Tracy Morgan

I do comedy for real people. — Tracy Morgan

Stand-up is the foundation to my career. It's what I started out doing. — Tracy Morgan

People bring camera phones into comedy shows and clubs and concerts, and sound bites never come out right. — Tracy Morgan

Yeah, race exists. Racism is still here, and it's doing well. Turn on the news. I don't think me and my comedy can really change that. — Tracy Morgan

My fans would love to see Brian Fellow come back. I love my fans. And they like my edge. — Tracy Morgan

I think it's good that I get scared because, if you never get scared, you don't have any need for guts. — Tracy Morgan

If she's not spoken for, and you come at her correctly, like a man, she'll get with you. — Tracy Morgan

I'm a black man in America, so I'm going to be misunderstood. — Tracy Morgan

I don't do drama. I'm a comedian. — Tracy Morgan

Everybody's out to get something from somebody. 'Gold diggers' doesn't just mean money, it can mean time, it can mean feelings. It can mean anything when you're taking and not giving. When people don't know how to reciprocate. — Tracy Morgan

If you're the kind of person who likes numbers and statistics, I'm the long shot - the Lotto Powerball winner. I'm the mutation in the DNA that makes evolution a reality. I am the new black. — Tracy Morgan

My sense of humor was a tool for me getting past my mother and father separating, my older brother having cerebral palsy, and the bullies in the schoolyard. I had to make them laugh to keep them off my ass. I brought that to my professional career. — Tracy Morgan

I believe gay, straight, anybody, everybody's supposed to be happy in this world, man. — Tracy Morgan

I want to let my fans know I love them and I'm coming your way and I'm bringing truckloads of funny. — Tracy Morgan

My voice is very distinct. People hear Tracy Morgan's voice, and they know Tracy Morgan right off the bat because I've been in their homes for so many years. — Tracy Morgan

If I don't offend somebody, then I'm probably not funny. — Tracy Morgan

You gotta understand, my great-grandfather was German and Irish. My grandmother was Indian, and my grandfather was African-American, so we all got a little something in us. — Tracy Morgan

My life growing up was a twisted Bronx version of 'The Color Purple.' It had a much different soundtrack and no trees, but that desperation was the same. — Tracy Morgan

When I'm in the mood to listen to music, I do like to go to the SkyBar [ L.A.]. — Tracy Morgan

Life smacks Tracy Morgan in the face, and I don't mean to talk in third party, but no, it doesn't stop raining when I come outside, no, absolutely not. I'm very in touch. — Tracy Morgan

I can't watch American Idol ... it's like karaoke without the booze. — Tracy Morgan

Cool is the enemy of funny. You can't be cool and be funny at the same time. Only Eddie Murphy could do that. — Tracy Morgan

You get somebody to crack a smile, that's a beautiful thing. — Tracy Morgan

The further you go, what, I'm gonna wait til I'm 80? Naw, I'm tellin' my story now. I was just moved. I was moved to tell my story. You know? People write books all the time. — Tracy Morgan

If there's one thing I've learned in my life, it's that curiosity might kill cats, but it doesn't kill people. — Tracy Morgan

When I want to work on my material, I go to Benihana or the barbershop. — Tracy Morgan

I'm around my kids every day. I'm regular. We're a regular family. My wife cooks, she washes clothes, I read books, I pump my own gas, I get my own hair cut. — Tracy Morgan

If I make fun of somebody at my show, believe me, it's something we can all laugh at. — Tracy Morgan

I love being around people who love to do what I love to do, which is comedy. — Tracy Morgan

When a child is born, it's born with a heart of gold, but the way of this world can turn that heart cold. I'm still a good person, and I thank God for that - He's working with me on it. — Tracy Morgan

For my first gig, I got $75. I could make money being funny, so I pursued it as a career and have turned it into a lucrative business. — Tracy Morgan

I have my Lucky Charms in the morning, and I feel magical. — Tracy Morgan

It's very important to be in your child's life and know what's going on and be there with them. — Tracy Morgan

No one set that I ever do is the same. I mean, if I go to a comedy club, and I perform three sets, all three sets are different because anything can happen in between sets. — Tracy Morgan

Black people dance well because we start early - there's music being played everywhere. White people? They don't start dancing until they get to college, and by then, it's too late; the bottom don't move with the top no matter how hard they try. — Tracy Morgan

So I think all comedians are earning their wings into heaven. We're all going to heaven, but everybody's not going to get their wings. Some people are just going to be regular angels. Doing cleanup, janitor work. In heaven, I'm going to sit on the couch with Oprah. — Tracy Morgan

I love '30 Rock' because Tina Fey allows me to fly over the cuckoo nest once a week. — Tracy Morgan

I got five kids - I claim three for income tax purposes. — Tracy Morgan

I live life and I don't take it for granted. — Tracy Morgan

I don't even deal with politics. I just don't believe in them. I think politics are politricks. My whole thing is power to the people. I don't put my faith in any one man. I keep my faith in God. That's where I keep my faith. — Tracy Morgan

When you look at the artists who have come up through 'Billboard' over the years, it's incredible. — Tracy Morgan

Stand-up don't get no respect - it's the hardest thing to do in show business. You don't have no band and there's no music. — Tracy Morgan

I never wanted the ha-ha-ha laughter [at my shows]. I always aimed for the gut. I always aimed for the pretty girls in the front row, laughing and leaning over and pooting. — Tracy Morgan

I don't take any relationships for granted and I won't ever again. I just enjoy life. — Tracy Morgan

I'm a human being. I feel all emotions. I'm not just happy all the time. Sometimes, I'm sad and feel the blues. Sometimes I even want to feel the blues. Sometimes, you want to feel down. — Tracy Morgan

I don't have anything against Jimmy Fallon. I love Jimmy Fallon. He's my dude. — Tracy Morgan

I do my best creating on stage. — Tracy Morgan

Welcome to post-racial America. I'm the face of post-racial America. — Tracy Morgan

I have a pretty diverse audience, and that makes me happy - laughter is universal, and I don't differentiate between people at all. Why should I? People are people. There's no reason why one person can't relate to any other person on this planet in some way or another. — Tracy Morgan

That's a gift God's given us: the ability to work together in collaborations. — Tracy Morgan

'Saturday Night Live' was like a university for funny. — Tracy Morgan

No matter what, if my son was gay, I'd treat him like a king. — Tracy Morgan

Being funny wasn't a career choice growing up, it was my way out of situations; a way to survive another day. — Tracy Morgan

I know who I am. When I look in the mirror, I see me. — Tracy Morgan

I'm not perfect, but I strive for it. — Tracy Morgan

There aren't a lot of guys out there keeping it real. Everybody's been branded. Everybody's been bought and sold. — Tracy Morgan

I know how people are. We fixate on controversy and all that. — Tracy Morgan

Parents should support and love their kids no matter what. — Tracy Morgan

What I have learned over the years is to try to stay in the moment. I want to feel it all because I've realized nothing lasts. — Tracy Morgan

The actors are different, although I didn't set out to be different. My inspiration came from people like Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence and Will Smith. The genre is what it is. My inspiration was drawn from great movies like 48 Hours, Bad Boys and Rush Hour. — Tracy Morgan

The only thing that stays the same in life is change. — Tracy Morgan

There's nothing wrong with looking at a woman's kneecaps. — Tracy Morgan

Rock bottom for some people is death. Some people never learn from their mistakes. They don't learn from other people's mistakes. — Tracy Morgan

I don't see myself as angry, although other people see that. I just see myself as a short, dumpy guy with bad feet, and I'm passionate. — Tracy Morgan

Who's coming with me? I don't know where I'm going, but who's coming with me? — Tracy Morgan

I have snakes, three sharks, moray eels, piranhas, five scorpions and a bird spider. All of them are predators. They are dangerous but it's cool to have strong and powerful pets. — Tracy Morgan

I want to be an example of a guy who made something of himself out of nothing. A guy who overcame the odds of a tough childhood, who worked hard, who didn't let his surroundings get the best of him and lead him to jail or the graveyard. Where I ended up - being a comedian, a TV star, and a movie actor - might be unique, but my story is not. — Tracy Morgan

I don't have a hateful bone in my body. I don't believe anyone should be bullied or made to feel bad about who they are. — Tracy Morgan

People live too much of their lives on email or the Internet or text messages these days. We're losing all of our communication skills. — Tracy Morgan

I spread love wherever I'm at. I'm like Marvin Gaye. — Tracy Morgan

I'm not a hateful person and don't condone any kind of violence against others, — Tracy Morgan

Every person has contributed to me as a human, but a lot of the characters I do are ones I created. — Tracy Morgan

Even when I'm sitting up in this glass castle, I still got my street soldiers telling me what's happening. — Tracy Morgan

It's just, people recognize you for your work, you know? They love you for your work, and they judge you for your work. It's awesome to have people quoting you. I love it. — Tracy Morgan

Some people believe everything they see on TV. People, it's called tel-lie-vision! — Tracy Morgan

You have to be highly intelligent to get away with a dumb joke. That takes a pretty smart fella. — Tracy Morgan

I love this cornbread so much, I wanna take it behind a middle school and get it pregnant. — Tracy Morgan

The truth is if I had a gay son, I would love him just as much as if he was straight. I might have to try to love even more because I know of the difficulty that he would have in society. — Tracy Morgan

In New York, we get down. In L.A., everybody's pretty much standing around like they're at a keg stand. You got to get the party started, so I just take my shirt off. — Tracy Morgan

Comedians are the monkeys of acting. When you go to the zoo, everybody loves the monkey exhibit. — Tracy Morgan

God gave us dreams, but he gave us kids to make all those dreams worthwhile. And when I look at all my kids, I say everything that I've ever went through in my life was worthwhile. — Tracy Morgan

My father was the role model I looked up to. My dad was an entertainer, too. I patterned my life after him. He wanted me to do better than he did. He never sold a record in his life, but to me, he was still a rock star. — Tracy Morgan

I've played outrageous characters my whole career. — Tracy Morgan