Life is long. But it goes fast.

By the cold and religious we were taken in hand - shown how to feel good; and told to feel bad.

Either you write songs or you don't. And if you do write songs like I do, I think there's a natural desire to want to make records.

I think there are things in my story that have helped my creativity. Your father being killed, for instance, is one of the best things that could happen to a kid if he's going to write poetry or songs.

The United States has held out against taking part in any of the world consensus that there should be a court of human rights or that there should be an international court of criminal justice.

I found that the loudest fans in the world are in Istanbul.

I confess I've never felt like a passenger.