Zitat des Tages von Rodney King:
It's happening right now... it's just not on film, it's not being recorded.
Obama, he wouldn't have been in office without what happened to me and a lot of black people before me. He would never have been in that situation, no doubt in my mind. He would get there eventually, but it would have been a lot longer. So I am glad for what I went through. It opened the doors for a lot of people.
As far as having peace within myself, the one way I can do that is forgiving the people who have done wrong to me. It causes more stress to build up anger. Peace is more productive.
Nice guys just don't finish first in the music industry.
I don't see how you can grow as a world without being able to get along with people. So many people is hating out there and it's not making a difference.
I sometimes feel like I'm caught in a vise. Some people feel like I'm some kind of hero. Others hate me.
It's not painful to relive it. I'm comfortable with my position in American history.
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.
People, I just want to say, can we all get along? Can we get along?
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?'
The trouble that they see me in is a part of my life that I'm working on.
