You see, Africa makes a fool of our idea of justice. It makes a farce of our idea of equality. It mocks our pieties. It doubts our concern. It questions our commitment. Because there is no way we can look at what's happening in Africa, and if we're honest, conclude that it would ever be allowed to happen anywhere else.

When those people get up at the Grammys and say, "I thank God", I always imagine God going, "Oh, don't, please don't thank me for that one. Please, oh, that's an awful one! Don't thank me for that - that's a piece of crap !"

Music can change the world because it can change people.

Feelings are much stronger than thoughts. We are all led by instinct, and our intellect catches up later

As a rock star, I have two instincts, I want to have fun, and I want to change the world. I have a chance to do both.

My understanding of the Scriptures has been made simple by the person of Christ.

The job of art is to chase ugliness away.