You're always cursing, you're always praying and you're always making love. It ain't do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do.

There's a melody in everything. And once you find the melody, then you connect immediately with the heart. Because sometimes English or Spanish, Swahili or any language gets in the way. But nothing penetrates the heart faster than the melody.

The people of Arizona, the people of Atlanta, Georgia, you should be ashamed of yourselves.

There is no greater reward than working from your heart and making a difference in the world.

One day there will be no borders, no boundaries, no flags and no countries and the only passport will be the heart

When a baby comes you can smell two things: the smell of flesh, which smells like chicken soup, and the smell of lilies, the flower of another garden, the spiritual garden.

I have come to the conclusion - and I don't know why it took me so long, but nevertheless, I'm here now - that a lot of people tell me they don't get enough guitar on my albums. So I decided to do an album where the guitar would be the singer, playing the melody.