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.

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

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

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

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

People look at me like I should have been like Malcolm X or Martin Luther King or Rosa Parks. I should have seen life like that and stay out of trouble, and don't do this and don't do that. But it's hard to live up to some people's expectations.

I know and value what it means to wake up and be alive and to share my story. I'm so blessed to be here and to be able to talk about it.