Since I won't let the critics seal my fate, they keep hollering I'm full of hate. But they don't really hurt me none, 'cause I'm doing good and having fun.

All black Americans have slave names. They have white names; names that the slave master has given to them.

I said, 'Oh, I know. If the white folks is in Heaven too, then the black angels were in the kitchen, preparing the milk and honey.'

I don't consider myself no attractive man. People like Tom Jones and Elvis Presley - I'm not nothing like that.

Be loud, be pretty and keep their black-hatin' asses in their chairs

It's not bragging if you can back it up.

Once the Choice is Made, Do Not Look Back, Do Not Second-Guess Your Decisions