I served my time and came out of prison when I was just 26 and have worked with the government for 37 years. But people only remember me for what I did before that.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I've spent most of my life in prison. I was a prisoner of my fear and my low self-esteem.
To be in prison so long, it's difficult to remember exactly what you did to get there.
I spent five years of my youth in prison - some very bad prisons.
I know that I'm already in the history books and that people are going to remember me as the prisoner of war and the fabricated stories, but you know, to me I was just another soldier over there doing my job.
I still remember, 40 years ago, when I was shackled and put in prison... Being an American citizen didn't mean a thing.
I did almost a year in prison, a year in prison, just because my name is Foxy Brown.
Lots of people think I went to prison. I never went to prison. I was in jail without bail.
When I left prison, I had to figure out how to embrace my past.
Most people are fascinated by what I did as a teenager, but when I look back at my life, I don't think very much about those years. I was an opportunist and got away with things because I was very young, but I went to prison and came out and remade my life.
I've worked in the prison system for five years, and most of those folks in prison didn't have a direction.