I love America and I hate it. I'm torn between the two. I have two conflicting visions of America. One is a kind of dream landscape and the other is a kind of black comedy.

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.

To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.

Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.

There was a moment when Prince did rock & roll with a sponge-y seductive sound. I think that's what was in our head for 'Get On Your Boots.' But actually, the song is much more punk rock.

The great moments of rock 'n' roll were never off in some corner of the music world, in a self-constructed ghetto.

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.