When people say stuff like, "Oh, that's soft rock. I don't listen to that," I find that elitist. It's music-racist.

I really just like breaking down the barriers, whether it means doing an album with Linkin Park, an album with R. Kelly, or playing at the Brandenburg Gate with Bono.

Remind your self. Nobody constructed like you, you style your self.

Rosa Parks sat so Martin Luther King could walk. Martin Luther King walked so Obama could run. Obama's running so we all can fly.

Your future is ahead of you. Imagine the notion of the past fifteen years of your life being a blip in your story.

I don't even like the word politics. It implies something underhanded and I think we need less government.

I'm hungry for knowledge. The whole thing is to learn every day, to get brighter and brighter.