Jesus, Jesus help me. I'm alone in this world.

If September 11th has taught us anything, it's certainly that the world has never been so interdependent. It is impossible now to be an island of prosperity in a sea of despair.

We can't fix all problems but we must fix the ones we can

Happy the country that lives on nothing but its wits; cursed be the one that thinks it can get rich by planting or digging or drilling for wealth.

It's a privilege to serve the poor, to be servants of noble Africans, but I better belong in the rehearsal room or in the studio with my band. That's where I want to be and I still wake up in the morning with melodies in my head.

Sometimes religion gets in the way of God.

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