“I was lucky to grow up in a culturally diverse area knowing a lot of d...” — Anjelah Johnson Quote

“I was lucky to grow up in a culturally diverse area knowing a lot of different people from all different walks of life.”

“My goal's always to connect and relate to my audience. I want them to leave my show feeling like they got to know me better - not only that, but like we could be friends. I want people to leave going, 'Oh my gosh, I could totally hang out with her!'”

“When people didn't really know who I was, and I would get on stage, they would be distracted by what I looked like, so I would have to dumb myself down, in a way, for people to feel safe to laugh.”

“Touring is a weird thing. It's like getting married to four different people.”

“Harlem is really a melting pot for a lot of different people. When you look at Harlem - and I lived there almost five years - most of the people who live in Harlem are transplants. They migrate to Harlem from another place.”

“In Singapore, drivers generally obey the rules, but the attitude around pedestrians is actually quite different. It's culturally different. People drive safely, but it's not the same deference shown to pedestrians.”