Musicians have made incredible contributions to the conservation and environmental movement and continue to do so, more than ever.

I have been honored to serve the whales, dolphins, seals - and all the other creatures on this Earth. Their beauty, intelligence, strength, and spirit have inspired me. These beings have spoken to me, touched me, and I have been rewarded by friendship with many members of different species. If the whales survive and flourish, if the seals continue to live and give birth, and if I can contribute to ensuring their future prosperity, I will be forever happy.

To slaughter grand and beautiful creatures like these tuskers, whether terrestrial or marine, solely to obtain a few teeth indicates that we have not evolved very much since the days our forebears lived in caves and saught to prove their superiority by adorning themselves with teeth and claws

That fact is that we live in an extremely violent culture, and we all justify violence if it's for what we believe in .

We are literally eating the oceans alive and there are simply not enough fish to continue to feed an ever expanding population of humanity.

My position is this. If we can't protect sanctuaries, if we can't save the whales, the sharks, the fish, our oceans will die.

I can assure you no whales are going to be killed today.