We have to do much more than believe if we really want to change things.

Don’t you rob yourself of what you’re feeling; don’t rob yourself of all that you could be.

I think some people would say that I do overwhelm the words with the music, and sometimes thank goodness I do.

I think I am a very kind person. I think I'm joyful, but I could be kinder and I could be more joyful. I do believe peace is a state of grace, and not the absence of violence.

Being able to scream at the top of my lungs in front of people is very therapeutic. It is a great gift for me to be able to do that.

It's so hard for me to even acknowledge America without talking about race. If you look at our society, if you look at the prisons, if you look at the poverty and which side of the line the majority of people are, we have to acknowledge how we divide ourselves up, that there's racism alive in this country. And it's not in the law. It's in our minds. And that's what we have to actively battle.

It is criminal to put our servicemen and women in harm's way and to put the lives of so many civilians on the line for the misguided frustrations of the Bush administration.