"What I've learned to do is arrest my addiction - arrest it myself, so I don't get arrested." — Rodney King

Over the years, a lot of rappers - Lil' Wayne, Ice Cube - have used my name in their songs. I'm a real touchstone of history.

As a black man, you run from the cops. It's different now, but back when I was coming up, you run.

Nice guys just don't finish first in the music industry.

Anybody can get bigheaded once they know the seat cannot be pulled out from under them.