I won't talk about what it was like in prison, except to say I'm glad I'm out and that I plan never to go back and to pay my taxes every day.

Pryor won an Emmy Award (1973) and five Grammy Awards (1974 1975 1976 1981 and 1982). "
His body of work includes the concert movies and recordings Richard Pryor: Live & Smokin' (1971) That Nigger's Crazy (1974).