My thing is: stay creative. And just because somebody starts to pay you, that don't mean all your creativity goes to that, and you don't save none for yourself to be able to do other, bigger and better things and still follow your dreams even if you start off inside of a box.

You can't pussyfoot around. When you're talking to lions, you can't meow like a pussycat.

Early in my career, people wanted to hear music about protest, about trying to change things.

You the devil in drag. You can burn your cross, Well, I'll burn your flag.

I hear about people getting shot all the time. But most of the guys you hear about getting shot pulled through.

When you go to a movie, you don't care for one Oscar, really. Do you care if a guy got a Oscar on the shelf or is it a good movie? And, you don't care how much the movie made.

I won't do anything for money. I won't compromise my manhood.