"I used to shine shoes in front of a radio station. Now I own radio stations."

"I taught my men to be strong. Always be strong. Never give up. Never give in. And always keep your word. That's the way I live."

"Brother Brown, if I had known the things I know now about Black people, I would have never said all the bad things about them that I did."

"I stay in a hotel, and I never pay for room service. I don't eat in the hotel. I go out and buy my own food. I'm a country boy."

"I don't need no white man to tell me what to do. I don't need no black man to tell me what to do. I need God to tell me what to do."