There's an underlying puritanicalness in America that is not that different to the prudishness of Britain - it just manifests itself in different ways.

We're in a crisis. We're in a crisis like I don't think America has ever known in my lifetime. But we have to keep joy in our lives, love in our lives, poetry in our lives, dancing in our lives.

Why don't we bring everyone up to be caring and compassionate, to believe that we are connected with everyone and everything around us?

We have to know people who are outside of our own circle, we have to reach out to people we don't know, we have to protect people who are in tremendous danger. And we also have to not get burned out and let our fear and anxiety and depression sink us. So there's lots of things we have to do right now!

The only point of having power it seems to me is to empower others. The only point of leadership is to inspire.

Danger lurks when people are dissociated and detached from their own story or feelings.

The minute someone tells you you have cancer, it's kind of like you die. You really do die. It's like you get that you're mortal.