"I'm a survivor. I've been through a lot, and I've come out on the other side."

"I don’t give a damn about your damn politics."

"I've been on the road since I was 18 years old. I've been on the road all my life. I've been on the road longer than I've been off the road. I've been on the road so long that I don't even know what i…"

"I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down, living in the hopeless, hungry side of town, I wear it for the prisoner who has long paid his debt, but is a victim of the times, and I wear it for t…"

"I'm a walking, talking contradiction."