Sub-Saharan Africa is also home to 400 million of the world's poorest people.

The French are so into themselves that they don't even notice you.

Smack in the centre of contradiction is the place to be.

The only person who ever called me Paul was my father, so I always associate it with doing something wrong, you know. So, you know, occasionally, people will come up to me on the street and try to, you know, ingratiate themselves and call me Paul. I don't like it, actually.

I felt rich when I was 20 years old and my wife was paying my bills. Just being in a band, I've always felt blessed.

When a nation is over-reliant on one or two commodities like oil or precious minerals, corrupt government ministers and their dodgy associates hoard profits and taxes instead of properly allocating them to schools and hospitals.

Rock stars are good at making noise.