I don't like to go to strange places. I was in Italy for about five hours on my way to Africa.

I know I'm different, but I don't think about it.

You can't help it. An artist's duty, as far as I'm concerned, is to reflect the times.

Many times I feel different like a different person.

I was always a politician from the day the civil rights people chose me as their protest singer.

I'm a real rebel with a cause.

I feel more alive now than I ever have in my life. I have a chance to live, as I've dreamed.