Rock stars are good at making noise.

Selling out is doing something you don't really want to do for money. That's what selling out is.

Poverty breeds despair. We know this. Despair breeds violence. We know this. In turbulent times, isn't it cheaper, and smarter, to make friends out of potential enemies than to defend yourself against them later?

Music fills in for words a lot of the time when people don't know what to say, and I think music can be more eloquent than words.

To touch is to heal, to hurt is to steal, If you want to kiss the sky, better learn how to kneel. On your knees, boy...

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.

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