Because you know when you first become famous, you start walking a little different because people are staring at you.

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.

Religion can be the enemy of God. It's often what happens when God, like Elvis, has left the building.

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

I'm a musician. I write songs. I just hope when the day is done I've been able to tear a little corner off of the darkness.

At a certain point, I just felt, you know, God is not looking for alms, God is looking for action.

Marriage is this grand madness, and I think if people knew that, they would perhaps take it more seriously.