A Minor is one of my all-time favorite keys to play in. It's a very moody key, and also 'A' is the first letter of my name. It just represents the songs through my eyes.

As a lyricist, you love to hear other great lyrics or other great concepts.

I think being really connected to a higher power, of having a spirituality to me, has been really good for me and I pray all the time.

I believe AIDS is the most important issue we face, because how we treat the poor is a reflection of who we are as a people.

A good friend of mine told me you should take a break and you should go see the world. Go somewhere. That is when I chose to go to Egypt, and so I took this beautiful trip to Egypt. It was the first time ever in my whole life I took three weeks off, and I sailed down the Nile and I saw the tombs and the temples, and I experienced a place that was so magical and so incredibly powerful and intelligent and inspiring.

You don't know what will happen from one minute to the next.

I look forward to my first visit to Israel. Music is a universal language that is meant to unify audiences in peace and love, and that is the spirit of our show.