I'm a big fan of British journalists like 'The Independent”s Robert Fisk, but it's hard to find voices like his in the U.S.

Famine and disaster, right there in front of you, and the more you watch, the less you do.

I started playing the trumpet when I was about eight.

More than a career, I feel that I've got a function. I see things in a much more holistic way. Some people bake the bread, and some people write the songs.

As far as those kinds of things, I also played at the concert to call for the release of Nelson Mandela when he was a political prisoner in South Africa. We were celebrating his 70th birthday and calling for his release.

Don't confront me with my failures, I had not forgotten them.

I followed those highway signs and I've run down those thin white lines.