44 Quotes by Rodney King

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

For a long time, sure, I was letting the pressure of being Rodney King get to me. It ain't easy. Even now, I walk into a place wondering, 'What people are thinking? Do they know who I am? What do they think about what happened? Do they blame me for the all those people who died?'

It's happening right now... it's just not on film, it's not being recorded.

I know and value what it means to wake up and be alive and to share my story. I'm so blessed to be here and to be able to talk about it.

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

People look at me like I should have been like Malcolm X or Martin Luther King or Rosa Parks. I should have seen life like that and stay out of trouble, and don't do this and don't do that. But it's hard to live up to some people's expectations.

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

When I leave here, when my final day on this earth is up, I want to leave in peace. I want to have peace in my heart.

I had to learn to forgive. I couldn't sleep at night. I got ulcers. I had to let go, to let God deal with it. No one wants to be mad in their own house. I didn't want to be angry my whole life. It takes so much energy out of you to be mean.