"I'm a survivor. And I'm gonna keep on surviving."

"I went to Africa. 'Cause I wanted to find out where I came from. And you know what I found out? I'm from a long line of slaves. I didn't find no kings and queens. I found a bunch of people living in h…"

"I live in racist America and I’m uneducated, yet a lot of people love me and like what I do, and I can make a living from it. You can’t do much better than that."

"A lie is profanity. A lie is the worst thing in the world. Art is the ability to tell the truth."

"I got rich and famous. And then I got scared. Because I realized I could lose it all."