Music is a lady that I still love because she gives me the air that I breathe. We need all sorts of nourishment. And music satisfies and nourishes the hunger within ourselves for connection and harmony.

It's very difficult to ignore humanitarian disasters. The royalties from my albums continue to support my charity work.

Man may live and man may die searching for the question why. But if he tries to rule the sky, he must fall.

At Jerusalem, I went to the mosque and sat down. A man asked me what I wanted. I told him I was a Muslim. Now I realize I can get direct contact with God, unlike Christianity or any other religion.

You can argue with a philosopher, but you can’t argue with a good song. And I think I’ve got a few good songs.

All things can be forgiven if we can progress.

All the songs that were written for that album are just all our first sophomore songs. So they're all from real life. Very sweet and very innocent. I think the theme of the album probably was just that it was our first record. ... Back when we were first making records, you didn't just make the music, you put a great deal of energy into the way it looked, and every word that was written on the whole thing.