There are so many people I love in the United States, and I've had such great adventures in this country and have been so well received by people here.

The people who have impressed me most - and the closest I've come to having heroes - are the people who have devoted their lives to making things better for others. These are people whose names you never hear, people who work for Doctors Without Borders, Oxfam, and other humanitarian groups. They're just out there in the world, doing stuff.

In between effect and cause and just beyond the range of normal sight, this glittering joker was dancing in the dragon's jaws.

Love the Lord and in him love me too. And in him, go your own way and I'll be right here with you.

Politics is a part of life and art is about life. It doesn't mean that all the art has to be about politics - in fact, heaven forbid. But politics is a totally legitimate area of focus for any art, whether it's painting or songwriting or anything else, as much as sex is, as much as spirituality is, as much as any other behavior of people is.

Abu Ghraib, as bad as it was, can't be compared to what Saddam was doing to people.

Going to places like Honduras, Nicaragua, and various African countries you get to see very clearly what the cause and effect is. We finance the obnoxious elites in those countries and they exploit their people so we don't have to say that we're doing the exploiting but nevertheless we are benefiting from it.