I woke up one morning, went downstairs, said 'Good morning' to my mother and nearly scared both of us to death.'

I'll come to you with gifts of knowledge, wisdom and truth.

People are always looking for me to be a freak, weird.

Blacks own so little of the music business, it's pathetic. But I see that changing soon. Black artists, black businessmen and women will unite.

Everyone to me has to pick a subject to talk about in music if you're going to be a writer.

The whole system of society tells you what to do.

Mama tried to save us from the streets, but the streets were too strong.