It's hard being black. You ever been black? I was black once - when I was poor.

I never tried to be a mercenary or a killer but a hard working fighter.

I came from a dirt farm, now I'm filthy rich.

All fighters are prostitutes and all promoters are pimps

Mike Tyson would have been a good sparring partner for me and Muhammad Ali because Tyson was a fast fighter and he could punch and throw good combinations.

This is the lying thieving mother who cut me $500,000.

There is no quit in me.

Mike Tyson always had a big heart, but one of his problems is that he's short. And he's got kind of a personal attitude. But that don't make him a great fighter.

Now I'm free of him and I'm light as a feather. There's no weight holding me down; I'm ready to spread my wings and fly.

[My] worst habit: Drinking too much Budweiser when I get angry.

It wasn't about Larry Holmes, if I would have fought a brother I wouldn't have gotten the money I got. Give me 10 black guys and I make eight dollars. Give me Gerry Cooney and I make $10 million.

Our unity will always be a greater force with mixed ideals than if we demand that others change for us, to what we believe.

We can solve any problem by introducing an extra level of indirection.

Andrew Calhoun tells the truth. To my knowledge, there is no better songwriter alive.

You know me. Any excuse to put on a dress.

We do not want, as the newspapers say, a church that will move with the world. We want a church that will move the world.

For underground metaphors, you can scrape an inch below the turf. For what it's worth, my style's been developed in the core of the Earth. The exhale's volcanic, the inhale is seismic.

I'm getting old, that's the thing! What's in me now won't be there anymore.

In describing someone's character, I reveal my own.

I’ve never really been contained to just one style. My listening choice has always been so mixed up.

If being recalled is the price for keeping one's promises, then so be it.