I truly believe that when the history books are written, our age will be remembered for three things: the war on terror, the digital revolution, and what we did - or did not do - to put the fire out in Africa. History, like God, is watching what we do.

Christians are hard to tolerate; I don’t know how Jesus does it

Rock stars are good at making noise.

I wouldn't run for President. I wouldn't want to move to a smaller house.

Every artist is a cannibal/every poet is a thief/all kill for inspiration/and then sing about the grief.

As hard as it is, as ghetto as it is, hip-hop is pop music. It's the sound of music getting out of the ghetto, while rock is looking for a ghetto.

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.