I guess what I'm passionate about is, I see so many things that I find that there's no real solution to, and you're only here for such a brief moment in time, even if you live to be a hundred years old. Yet, what happens within that time frame? So many things happen.

I can't understand why the front pages of newspapers can cover bird flu and swine flu and everybody is up in arms about that and we still haven't really woken up to the fact that so many women in sub-Saharan Africa - 60 percent of people in - infected with HIV are women.

The momentum of time is always going forward. You cannot repeat what has been done before. You can't go back.

There are two kinds of artists left: those who endorse Pepsi and those who simply won't.

The world is a heartbreaking place, without any question.

I was never much of a one to win prizes... and certainly never placed too much value on their acquisition.

Making a Christmas album is looked upon by some people as the thing you do when you are heading towards retirement.