We see differences in people and seem to be afraid of people. The black or white or gay or straight - I don't necessarily look for differences but for similarities. We need to be looking out for each other.

I try to read everything that I can about myself because Saddam Hussein didn't read his reviews and he thought he was winning!

My life is brillant, My love is pure.

No matter whether you are black or white, man or woman, gay or straight, Christian, Muslim, or Jew, we all share the same emotions, the same human condition.

I don't think I picked up the guitar in the first place as a way of getting women. There are probably better ways of doing it.

I try to tell one lie in every interview. It keeps people I know amused when they read the article.

There's a lot of music nowadays with people singing about how amazing their clothes are and how incredible their shoes are and how much jewelry they might be wearing or how much jewelry they want, how much money they have and the club that they're in and the alcohol that they're drinking. I think that's showing off. I don't think it's necessarily all that honest or all that interesting.