Stamina is the force that drives the drumming; it's not really a sprint.

Lessons taught but never learned, all around us anger burns. Guide the future by the past. Long ago the mould was cast.

More a paraphrase than a quote, really, but it comes from a prayer which was stitched into a sampler above my grandmother's bed. It began like this: 'Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep...'

There's still a lot I'm angry about, a lot of human behaviour that's appalling and despicable, but you choose what you can fight against. I always thought if I could just put something in words perfectly enough, people would get the idea and it would change things.

Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep.

While I believe in all that freedom, I also believe that no one should suffer needlessly.

If the future's looking dark, We're the ones who have to shine. If there's no one in control, We're the ones who draw the line. Though we live in trying times, We're the ones who have to try. And we know that time has wings, So we're the ones who have to fly.