I've come to the point in my life where I encourage young Native Americans to become much more selfish about their personal needs and wants.

Listen you have to read a book three times before you know it.

She was in pain and I loved her, sort of loved her, I guess, so I kind of had to love her pain, too.

Sometimes it's called passing out and sometimes it's just pretending to be asleep

I learned how to stop crying. I learned how to hide inside of myself. I learned how to be somebody else. I learned how to be cold and numb.

In high school I dated a white woman. She would come to visit me on the rez. And her dad, who was very racist, didn't like that at all. And he told her one time, 'You shouldn't go on the rez if you're white because Indians have a lot of anger in their heart.'

I think a lot of Indians want Indian artists to be cultural cheerleaders rather than cultural investigators.