Leaping away from my mistakes has propelled me forward. It has great force behind it. It makes for great storytelling.

Leaping away from my mistakes has propelled me forward. It has great force behind it. It makes for great storytelling.

Part of being an artist is being willing to be shocked, being willing to be surprised, being willing to be hurt.

You can kill that man but not his song, When it's sung the whole world round...

When an audience comes to one of my concerts, I hope they'll see themselves, somewhere, in one of the songs.

My creativity and my political work are linked. I don't do this work out of guilt or out of responsibility.

In my life, the stories I have heard from my family, my friends, my community, and from willing strangers all over the world have been the true source of my education.