I'm sure I'm very difficult to live with because of my make-up and personality.

Blair has called Africa 'a scar on our conscience'. It is more. It is the gaping wound of the world's soul.

Music is still above all else the thing that does it for me

It's really very simple, Governor. When people are hungry they die. So spare me your politics and tell me what you need and how you're going to get it to these people.

You can't trust politicians. It doesn't matter who makes a political speech. It's all lies - and it applies to any rock star who wants to make a political speech as well.

Mankind at its most desperate is often at its best

But if somebody dies, if something happens to you, there is a normal process of depression, it is part of being human, and some people view it as a learning experience etc.