I don't think the white establishment will ever respect or appreciate a black man who speaks the truth.

I decided to build up my band in Buffalo because Buffalo was where I had originally built up my own musical strength.

I had $20 million in the bank, girls are following me all over the f - place, people call my name everywhere I go. What would I change? And then one day you get onstage and you see two little girls who look like they are 11 years old sticking their tongues out and pulling their bras down and you quit touring. That's what happened to me.

I love marijuana - Mary Jane - and you can print that! I smoke it every day and it's the greatest thing since ice cream and I'm not afraid to say it.

I'm good. Or maybe people just like me.

I wanted to play the Apollo Theater because I didn't think I was going to be on the earth long.

I went to India, lived, and studied.