We got into all the trouble you could ever imagine. We figured that if the Jones boys and all the gangsters ran Chicago, we had our own territory now. All the stores, all the crime, we were in charge of everything, my stepbrother and my brother.
I'm never in my life going to do a record that's a tribute to myself. I don't need it.
I hope that on my tombstone it says 'Born 1933, died 2043.' I hope that's my legacy.
I found this out over the years, that racism is a thinly veiled disguise over economics and money. It really is.
I'm a tremendous believer and supporter in hip-hop and rap.
We stole a box of honey jars one time and went out in the woods and took care of the whole box. I don't think I touched honey again for 20 years. I never wanted to see honey again.