When I was growing up, my family was so poor we couldn’t afford to pay attention.
MR. TAny man who doesn’t love his mama can’t be no friend of mine.
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I have the Midas touch, in the way that when I hook up with a project, I feel, not speaking cocky or conceited, but there’s a confidence I have.
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Judas betrayed Jesus. Lady Red betrayed John Dillinger. Those things happen.
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I had seven brothers and four sisters. I told my mama, ‘One of these days I’m going to be big and strong and buy you a beautiful house.’ That’s all I’ve ever wanted to do with my life, is to take care of my mother.
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I didn’t watch ‘The A-Team’ movie. I’m an artist. You can’t re-paint a Rembrandt. You can’t duplicate that; I don’t care who you get.
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I was mischievous. I wasn’t bad. I stole food so we could eat. My mother didn’t know.
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When I was nine years old, living on the south side of Chicago, my father was a minister and my mother used to scrub floors.
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In high school, I majored in brick masonry.
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Life guided me to being a bodyguard, protecting people, then in the movies, so I’m happy with everything because basically all I ever wanted to do was be a good son and take care of my mother.
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I’m not the same man I used to be, I’m not out hell-raising, stuff like that. I am a changed man.
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My mother told me, ‘Son, nobody else but God knows.’ And that’s what I’m about – reaching out to the people, crying with them, giving them hope.
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I don’t worry. I don’t doubt. I’m daring. I’m a rebel.
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I’m tough when I have to be, tender when I should be. When you find a really tough guy, he’s not a predator. He doesn’t have to prove himself.
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My mother never cursed at home; my father never cursed at home. My father didn’t drink. Even though we were poor, we would say a blessing over the table. So that’s who I am.
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Really, you don’t lose until you stop trying.
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All I ever wanted out of my life was to buy my mother a house. By 1995, I have achieved all I wanted materially in life.
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