Celebrities Rodney King, Birthday: 2 April 1965, Sacramento, California, USA

People look at me like I should have been like Malcolm X or Martin Luther King or Rosa Parks. I shou...Show more »

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. Show less «

The trouble that they see me in is a part of my life that I'm working on.

I realize I will always be the poster child for police brutality, but I can try to use that as a pos...Show more »

I realize I will always be the poster child for police brutality, but I can try to use that as a positive force for healing and restraint. Show less «

I know and value what it means to wake up and be alive and to share my story. I'm so blessed to be h...Show more »

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. Show less «

I don't see how you can grow as a world without being able to get along with people. So many people ...Show more »

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. Show less «

I'm a religious person. I remember my mom told me: 'Vengeance belongs to God. It's up to him to wrea...Show more »

I'm a religious person. I remember my mom told me: 'Vengeance belongs to God. It's up to him to wreak vengeance.' It's hard for me to get to that point, but that's the work of God. Show less «

Anybody can get bigheaded once they know the seat cannot be pulled out from under them.

As far as having peace within myself, the one way I can do that is forgiving the people who have don...Show more »

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. Show less «

I had to learn to forgive. I couldn't sleep at night. I got ulcers. I had to let go, to let God deal...Show more »

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. Show less «

(in reaction to the riots) People, I just want to say, you know, can we all get along? Can we get al...Show more »

(in reaction to the riots) People, I just want to say, you know, can we all get along? Can we get along? Can we stop making it, making it horrible for the older people and the kids?...It's just not right. It's not right. It's not, it's not going to change anything. We'll, we'll get our justice....Please, we can get along here. We all can get along. I mean, we're all stuck here for a while. Let's try to work it out. Let's try to beat it. Let's try to beat it. Let's try to work it out. Show less «

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

I sometimes feel like I'm caught in a vice. Some people feel like I'm some kind of hero. Others hate...Show more »

I sometimes feel like I'm caught in a vice. Some people feel like I'm some kind of hero. Others hate me. Show less «

I tell myself time heals. It really does.

Over the years, a lot of rappers - Lil' Wayne, Ice Cube - have used my name in their songs. I'm a re...Show more »

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. Show less «

It's not painful to relive it. I'm comfortable with my position in American history.

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

We wouldn't be as far along as a country if we didn't take on some of Martin Luther King's ways that...Show more »

We wouldn't be as far along as a country if we didn't take on some of Martin Luther King's ways that he instilled in us. Show less «

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

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. Show less «

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

Waking up sober is a good day. I love being able to wake up and do positive things, to go to the gym...Show more »

Waking up sober is a good day. I love being able to wake up and do positive things, to go to the gym. Show less «

Obama, he wouldn't have been in office without what happened to me and a lot of black people before ...Show more »

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. Show less «

I saw my hometown burning that day.

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

For a long time, sure, I was letting the pressure of being Rodney King get to me. It ain't easy. Eve...Show more »

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?' Show less «

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