In my view, the only thing worse than a rock star is a rock star with a conscience.

You've got to watch the politics of AIDS. The politics of AIDS can work both for and against the victims of AIDS.

There's a point where you find yourself tiptoeing as an artist, and then you know that you're in the wrong place.

It's so sweet, I feel like my teeth are rotting when I listen to the radio.

God is in the slums, in the cardboard boxes where the poor play house. God is in the silence of a mother who has infected her child with a virus that will end both their lives. God is in the cries heard under the rubble of war. God is in the debris of wasted opportunity and lives, and God is with us if we are with them.

In my view, the only thing worse than a rock star is a rock star with a conscience.

I think carrying moral baggage is very dangerous for an artist. If you have a duty, it's to be true and not cover up the cracks.