Young ghetto boys thought that in this society, the good guys lost and the bad guys won.

My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions.

I always believe in living in the country, because that's where what I eat is what I can put back in the dirt.

I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma.

The boys that were running away from America because they didn't want to get involved with the Vietnam War had come to me. They would tell me how they felt.

Don't depend on other people to be responsible for you. Don't make yourself stressed out over nonsensical things like material things.

I don't go for very handsome men. Like they say in England, toy boys break too easily.