My incarceration was actually a positive thing from the beginning. I needed a gimmick to get my act going again, it gave me material.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
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 think my whole life has been shaped by my childhood incarceration in America's concentration camps.
I've spent most of my life in prison. I was a prisoner of my fear and my low self-esteem.
Fortunately, the courts discharged me every time after they understood what I had done.
I know I didn't want to get caught up in the cycle of drugs and violence that was around me. Deep down inside, I felt there was something better outside the situation I was in.
My act has always reflected what's going on in my life.
These were the moments when I was disappointed and frustrated, when I got so low because it seemed all my hard work had been wasted. But the moments passed, and the motivation to go back to rehab was there again.
During my time in prison, I told myself that I wanted to be a part of the solution and not the problem.
To be in prison so long, it's difficult to remember exactly what you did to get there.
Incarceration didn't change me. In many ways, incarceration galvanized me. The totality of the experience helped me.