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

When I leave here, when my final day on this earth is up, I want to leave in peace. I want to have peace in my heart.

I had to learn to forgive. I couldn't sleep at night. I got ulcers. I had to let go, to let God deal with it. No one wants to be mad in their own house. I didn't want to be angry my whole life. It takes so much energy out of you to be mean.

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

Anybody can get bigheaded once they know the seat cannot be pulled out from under them.

Obama, he wouldn't have been in office without what happened to me and a lot of black people before me. He would never have been in that situation, no doubt in my mind. He would get there eventually, but it would have been a lot longer. So I am glad for what I went through. It opened the doors for a lot of people.

It's happening right now... it's just not on film, it's not being recorded.