If you're gonna sing meaningful songs, you have to be committed to living a life that backs that up.

I have heard more than once, 'Shut up and sing!' and I get it now.

Some people don't even notice. "Oh, you sound exactly like you did!" And I say, "OK, if that's what you want to believe, that's fine."

I think the question that nobody wanted to deal with is the question they're posing: did my kid die in vain? Because the answer is too awful.

Someone had to change the world. And obviously I was the one for the job.

There are good guys, and there are congressional people who are good guys, and I certainly vote in those elections. You know, my fondest dream would be if Obama, when he got out of office, decided he was going to go back and organize on the streets. He'd be the only person I could imagine who could really create a movement similar to what King did, and God knows we need that now.

Noise is an imposition on sanity, and we live in very noisy times.