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

I went to jail at 16 for stealing tires off Cadillacs. When I got out I said, Never again.

As a boy, I believed freedom for America meant freedom for me. There was a time I believed every word spoken.

I kept my babies fed. I could have dumped them, but I didn't. I decided that whatever trip I was on, they were going with me. You're looking at a real daddy.

When a man's making love, the last thing he thinks about is war.

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.

The whole system of society tells you what to do.