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

I have learned to interface - what I think would be the contemporary term - with various different lexicons, and people speak very different languages. I've learned to speak in a lot of tongues, and I can live with the bellicose language of some fervent, fire-breathing Christians, sure.

Sometimes religion gets in the way of God.

Every age has its massive moral blind spots. We might not see them, but our children will.

It's annoying, but justice and equality are mates. Aren't they? Justice always wants to hang out with equality. And equality is a real pain.

It's quite widespread in rock culture, that mythology of the shooting star. I'd rather be the North star. As bob (Dylan) says, you can navigate by it.

You know, God has some really weird kids, and I find it hard to be in their company most of the time.