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.

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.

As far as having peace within myself, the one way I can do that is forgiving the people who have done wrong to me. It causes more stress to build up anger. Peace is more productive.

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

As a black man, you run from the cops. It's different now, but back when I was coming up, you run.

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

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.