"I feel as if I have been blessed to undergo a transformation from 'gangster' to 'redeemed sinner with gangster proclivities.'"

"The truth is often painful, but it is always liberating."

"The true revolution begins in the heart."

"At our best. Now, I'm not romanticizing black people, because we've got gangsters like everybody else. [laughs] But oh, Lord, we got some great ones."

"We need more prophetic voices, not just polite voices."