It's not painful to relive it. I'm comfortable with my position in American history.

Nice guys just don't finish first in the music industry.

Waking up sober is a good day. I love being able to wake up and do positive things, to go to the gym.

I tell myself time heals. It really does.

What I've learned to do is arrest my addiction - arrest it myself, so I don't get arrested.

Over the years, a lot of rappers - Lil' Wayne, Ice Cube - have used my name in their songs. I'm a real touchstone of history.

For a long time, sure, I was letting the pressure of being Rodney King get to me. It ain't easy. Even now, I walk into a place wondering, 'What people are thinking? Do they know who I am? What do they think about what happened? Do they blame me for the all those people who died?'