Over the years, I was doing what I loved to do, which is my music. But it was always a bit distorted, because I was doing the music in the way other people around me were telling me it should be done.

When it comes down to the song writing, I'm just very slow - very slow. Because the songs are about my life, so I'm doing emotional work on myself. As I'm writing these songs, I have to learn these lessons and dig real deep into my heart to write this stuff.

The songs that I've written about Africa, and AIDS and HIV and about the power of humanitarian love, those songs, I'm gonna sing them because I know that it's real.

I decided that instead of apologizing for having a lot to say, I wanted to create a format where people would come to hear me sing and speak.

The worst disease in the world is hate. And the cure for hate is love.

I like when a teenager comes and talks to me on the street. I've been through a lot and I have a lot to share.

The difference between living and feeling alive, is using your fear as fuel to fly.