I think I mentioned to Bob [Geldof] I could make love for eight hours. What I didn't say was that this included four hours of begging and then dinner and a movie.

If you really want to define civilization it should be a culture that doesn't destroy its environment. If you burn down the kitchen one day and expect to eat the next, it is not even intelligent, let alone civilized.

I've only paid lip service to a spiritual life.

I was famous overnight. I went from nowhere to being really big.

How can I save my little boy from Oppenheimer's deadly toy?

Let your pain be my sorrow. Let your tears be my tears too. Let your courage be my model. That the north you find will be true.

Honor the community you come from. Tell their stories.