Particularly conservative Christians, I was very angry that they were not involved more in the AIDS emergency.

I used to love Kurt Cobain, when he was telling people we're a pop band. People would laugh, they thought of it as good old ironic Kurt. But he wasn't being ironic.

In general people put too much faith in the rich, the famous, the politicians, and not enough faith in themselves.

Overcoming my dad telling me that I could never amount to anything is what has made me the megalomaniac that you see today.

Pop music often tells you everything is OK, while rock music tells you that it's not OK, but you can change it.

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

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.