I swear by now I'm playing time against my troubles I'm coming slow but speeding

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

I don't believe in trickle-down economics. I don't think that people who have the most are inclined to share it, generally.

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.

I found there's a fairly blatant racism in America that's already there, and I don't think I noticed it when I lived here as a kid. But when I went back to South Africa, and then it's sort of thrust in your face, and then came back here - I just see it everywhere.

Troubles, they may come and go, but good times, they're the gold.

So often we talk about saving the planet, but what we really mean is to save the planet the way it is, so we can live here. So that is can sustain us.