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

I felt rich when I was 20 years old and my wife was paying my bills. Just being in a band, I've always felt blessed.

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.

There's a point where you find yourself tiptoeing as an artist, and then you know that you're in the wrong place.

Technology is huge; I wanted to learn about it. People might say that's odd, but I think it's odd if artists aren't interested in the world around them. I'm always chasing that.

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.

So what we're talking about here is human rights. The right to live like a human. The right to live, period. And what we're facing in Africa is an unprecedented threat to human dignity and equality.