The man with the real sense of humor is the man who can put himself in the spectator's place and laugh at his own misfortune. Bert Williams More Quotes by Bert Williams More Quotes From Bert Williams I named all my children after flowers. There's Lillie and Rose and my son, Artificial. Bert Williams flower children son I have never been able to discover anything disgraceful in being a colored man. But I have often found it inconvenient - in America. Bert Williams able men america People sometimes ask me if I would not give anything to be white, I answer, in the words of the song, most emphatically, 'No.' How do I know what I might be if I were a white man? I might be a sand-hog, burrowing away and losing my health for $8 a day. I might be a street-car conductor at $12 or $15 a week. There is many a white man less fortunate and less well equipped than I am. In fact, I have never been able to discover that there was anything disgraceful in being a colored man. But I have often found it inconvenient - in America. Bert Williams white-man song men A black face, run-down shoes and elbow-out make-up give me a place to hide. The real Bert Williams is crouched deep down inside the coon who sings the songs and tells the stories. Bert Williams real running song
