The artist as citizen is here to stay.

The moral immune system of this country has been weakened and attacked, and the AIDS virus is the perfect metaphor for it. The malignant neglect of the last twelve years has led to breakdown of our country's immune system, environmentally, culturally, politically, spiritually and physically.

I'm not that ambitious any more. I just like my privacy. I wish I really wasn't talked about at all.

Love comes from the most unexpected places.

I don't read music. Not even essentially. Not even nonessentially.

On a very basic level, many people think celebrities have too much already, so we shouldn't be entitled to our political opinions.

The dream - you never achieve it. The excitement of life lies in the hope, in the striving for something rather than the attainment.