I don't want them hip white people coming up to me and calling me no n - - or telling me n - - jokes. I don't like it.

Hawaii is the best form of comfort for me. When I die, I want to be cremated, and I want half my ashes spread in the Pacific around the island, the rest on the property.

No, I'm not dying, and I sure... ain't dead.

I believe the ability to think is blessed. If you can think about a situation, you can deal with it. The big struggle is to keep your head clear enough to think.

Have you ever noticed how quiet you get when you go in the woods? It's almost like you know that God's there.

I was kicked out of school because of my attitude. I was not assimilating. So I went to work, taking any jobs I could get.

You have to have lived some life. You've got to have paid some dues.