Actually oddly enough, I think my work, the activism, will be forgotten. And I hope it will. Because I hope those problems will have gone away.

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

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

I put Catholic guilt to work pretty good for a rich rock star.

Celebrity is ridiculous and silly and it's mad that people like me are listened to - you know, rap stars and movie stars.

The job of art is to chase ugliness away.

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.