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 don't see how you can grow as a world without being able to get along with people. So many people is hating out there and it's not making a difference.

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.

I tell myself time heals. It really does.

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?'

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.