God is so big. It's a gigantic concept in God. The idea that God might love us and be interested in us is kind of huge and gigantic, but we turn it, because we're small-minded, into this tiny, petty, often greedy version of God, that is religion.

Anyone that's involved in development has discovered that all the good work that's been done in development has been undone by the AIDS emergency.

Laughter is eternity if joy is real.

Selling out is doing something you don't really want to do for money. That's what selling out is.

Rock stars are good at making noise.

Actually oddly enough, I think my work, the activism, will be forgotten. And I hope it will. Because I hope those problems will have gone away.

You see, idealism detached from action is just a dream. But idealism allied with pragmatism, with rolling up your sleeves and making the world bend a bit, is very exciting. It's very real. It's very strong.