Fame is like getting across the street. It's like, if there's nothing to be across the street for, it's a pointless destination. It's like, "I gotta get across the street, man! I gotta be there! I gotta be there!" Then you get across the street and you're like, "Yeah I'm here!" And then, that's it. Fame doesn't make you particularly happy.

I give a damn if any fan recalls my legacy, I'm trying to live life in the sight of GOD's memory.

I thought everybody got into rock 'n' roll because they didn't want to follow instructions.

I just don't think it's very dignified to ask people to like you. You can just wind up being somebody's ottoman.

I believe the projects were a social experiment; we were laboratory rats stacked on top of each other, and people just knew, inherently, that there was something wrong. There's not a lot of regard for the property by the residents.

Michael Jordan on the court is a completely different guy. If the play requires him to leap out all the way and grab the ball, that's what he'll do. He may be a completely shy, withdrawn sort of person [off the court].

What I take from writers I like is their economy - the ability to use language to very effective ends.