I'd like to talk to Sean Hannity in a controlled environment and say, 'O.K., you can't interrupt and jump up and down like a professional wrestler.'

My first introduction to African music was by my mother, who bought the 'Pata Pata' album by the great Miriam Makeba when it came out. Now that is an album. What a voice.

I travel because I want to know. Books and documentaries will only get you so far. If you want to know, you will have to go.

The reality is that we are going to have problems with water in this century. And the fact that we are going to have problems with fossil fuel is a given.

I have come to the conclusion that it's a waste of time to have too much pride in anything. Perhaps it's good to have a sense of duty, a jealous zeal to protect or improve, but pride ultimately is only that which stands vulnerable to offense and degradation.

I always start tours with a great deal of anticipation.

My understanding of first-degree murder is that premeditation needs to be proven.