"If you think dope is for kicks and for thrills, you're out of your mind. There are more kicks the fuck to be had in a good case of paralytic polio or by living in an iron lung."

"I've always been a loner."

"I'm not supposed to be a singer. I'm supposed to be a painter. I can paint, you know."

"Justice is a joke in this country, and it's all in the hands of the white man."

"I'm not supposed to be a singer. I'm supposed to be a whore."