The higher up I went, the less happy I was.
DAVE CHAPPELLEI have all these weird fantasies. Going coast-to-coast on my motorcycle and having random barbecues all over America. No show, no nothing.
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When I’m on stage, I get real happy there. Maybe that’s the only time in my adult life I feel like myself.
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The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark.
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The worst thing to call somebody is crazy. It’s dismissive. “I don’t understand this person. So they’re crazy.” That’s bullshit. These people are not crazy. They strong people. Maybe their environment is a little sick.
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Comedians by and large are some of the most sensitive people on earth. Even if they’re socially callous.
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Fame for me is like a place, a country I’m taking a tour through.
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One of the things that happens when people make the leap from a certain amount of money to tens of millions of dollars is that the people around you dramatically change.
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I have all these weird fantasies. Going coast-to-coast on my motorcycle and having random barbecues all over America. No show, no nothing.
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I don’t want the money. I don’t want the drama. I just want to do my show. I want to have fun again.
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I was doing sketches that were funny but socially irresponsible. I felt I was deliberately being encouraged and I was overwhelmed.
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All white people talk about when they get high is other times that they got high.
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I felt in a lot of instances I was deliberately being put through stress because when you’re a guy who generates money, people have a vested interest in controlling you.
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The only way you can know where the line is, is if you cross it.
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If I can make a teacher’s salary doing comedy, I think that’s better than being a teacher.
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Listen, here it is: Technically, I never quit. I’m seven years late for work.
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I got married recently. So far, so good. Less sex than I expected, but other than that, it’s a pretty good lifestyle.
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