I Only Want To Do What I

When I'm Doing Stand-up, It's Just Me Depending On Me. I Know How To Go Out There And Make People Laugh. I've Been Doing It Since I Was A Teenager. I Trust My Instincts. I Just Go Out And Talk. A Lot Of The Time I Let The Material Come From The Top Of My Head.

After All These Years, I've Done Well And I'm Cool. I Feel Comfortable In My Skin, I've Saved Some Paper, Everybody's Healthy, My Kids Are Beautiful And Smart, Doing Different Things, It's All Good.

I'm Just A Man. I Think People Are Reacting To Something Else When They See Me. They're Not Reacting To Me, Eddie Murphy. They Don't Even Know Me. It's Just Luck And The God In Me They're Reacting To.

It Is As Big A Mistake To Turn Down A Good Shot As It Is To Take A Bad One

Seventy-five Years. That's How Much Time You Get If You're Lucky. Seventy-five Years. Seventy-five Winters, Seventy-five Springtimes, Seventy-five Summers, And Seventy-five Autumns. When You Look At It Like That, It's Not A Lot Of Time, Is It? Don't Waste Them. Get Your Head Out Of The Rat Race And Forget About The Superficial Things That Pre-occupy Your Existence And Get Back To What's Important Now.