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

I don't believe in nirvana. If nirvana was handed to us on a silver platter, this would be the first day of our struggle to keep it.

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.

A lot of artists say, I'm not political. People are afraid of this word.

I am selfish. I reach for the world I want to live in. And I believe in leaving our best we can do to our children

Why do we kill people who are killing people to show that killing people is wrong?

It doesn't take long to sum up the major theses of most popular music: he loves me; he left me; I need him; I needed him, but now I need his best friend. Rather limited scope.