My time in prison only deepened my resolve against apartheid. Even while I was in prison, I fought against it, teaching my cellmates about white supremacy and how to fight against it.

We have introduced a democratic constitution, which put suvery South African on an equal basis.

Artists reach areas far beyond the reach of politicians. Art, especially entertainment and music, is understood by everybody, and it lifts the spirits and the morale of those who hear it.

It is what we make out of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another.

Sometimes, I feel like one who is on the sidelines, who has missed life itself.

AIDS today in Africa is claiming more lives than the sum total of all wars, famines and floods and the ravages of such deadly diseases as malaria ... We must act now for the sake of the world.

Although I am a gregarious person, I love solitude even more.