"Heroin was my only friend. It killed my pain."

"I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver, my heart. Like my blood."

"I don't sing to sound like nobody. I sing like me."

"I can't retire. What would I do? Sit around and watch my toenails grow?"

"I don't give a damn about what people think about me."