Sam Kinison
Sam Kinison
Samuel Burl "Sam" Kinisonwas an American stand-up comedian and actor. He was known for his intense, harsh and politically incorrect humor. A former Pentecostal preacher, he performed stand-up routines that were most often characterized by an intense style, similar to charismatic preachers, and punctuated by his trademark scream...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth8 December 1953
CityYakima, WA
CountryUnited States of America
So many of these comics are just frustrated singers or actors - they want to get a gig doing a sitcom. It's paint-by-the-numbers comedy, lame joke-telling. They're drawn to it as a career move.
I got divorced, which was not a good thing for a revivalist minister. It did not go down well. I'd already been banned from a couple churches for my jokes. So one day I woke up and decided it was time to start living for myself.
I have lived a carnal life.
I want to show people that there's a side of myself other than just the outrageous comedian.
Jesus had a tough life. I read about that guy. Jesus is the only guy that ever came back from the dead that didn't scare the F- out of everybody!
What happened? Satan was busy?
I'm attracted to heartbreakers.
Rage only works if it is justified. That's the trick with rage. You gotta have a reason to be mad.
Stand-up comedy is an art form and it dies unless you expand it.
My view of life is, 'If you're going to miss Heaven, why miss it by two inches? Miss it!
Ive never been against women. That anti-feminist rap is bogus. I think men should be nice to women, buy them diamonds.
You gotta keep falling in love. You gotta believe in it. What are you going to do... give sheep the vote?
I look for women I know are gonna bust me up good. Come on, man, who can resist that? Who can resist that emotional pain? Yeah, they all have the same line, they're so sweet: I'm not gonna hurt you like all the others. Really I'm not. I'm gonna introduce you to a whole new level of pain!
Not that I want to put the entire rap music style down - I just don't like it. And I know somewhere there's gotta be another guy like that. There's gotta be a guy just like that - just like me. There's gotta be somebody, somewhere... Maybe, maybe an assassin type.