We must begin to make what I call "conscious choices," and to really recognize that we are the same. It's from that place in my heart that I write my songs.

Reach for the heavens, and hope for the future, and all that will be, not what we are.

Imagine what it might do to the human spirit to know that we have conquered hunger as a world wide societal issue?

Music does bring people together. It allows us to experience the same emotions. People everywhere are the same in heart and spirit. No matter what language we speak, what color we are, the form of our politics or the expression of our love and our faith, music proves: We are the same.

The future of life on Earth depends on our ability to see the sacred where others see only the common

I was never trying to write a hit. I was just trying to write good songs and get a message out, and it was my great good fortune to be popular.

We don't teach kids how to feel, we don't give them the words to go by.