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I'm not affected by violence the way some people are. I don't know why, but I enjoy that intensity.

I myself am a very nonviolent person and only resort to violence when I absolutely have to.

I am never proud to participate in violence, yet I know that each of us must care enough for ourselves that we can be ready and able to come to our own defense when and wherever needed.

I've always been strongly on the side of non-violence.

There are some people that just attract violence to them. No matter where they go, they'll find a fight.

I'm still very aware of the violence in our culture, more so than other people. I know where it comes from when someone is trying to suppress someone else, sometimes they fight back.

Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence. Somebody like me who knows it firsthand and could relate... I had a best friend killed, plenty other friends killed. I been through it. I seen it.

I don't initiate violence, I retaliate.

Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended and not to be shared.

I was motivated to write about violence because I believe it's not unusual. I see it as just a part of life, and I think we get in trouble when we separate people who've experienced it from those who haven't.