I picked up the guitar at 11, but even before then, I was writing songs on the organ.

I'm not sure about anything as far as religion and spirituality go.

I found myself in the middle of a race riot when I was about 14 years old, and I found someone pointing a gun at me and telling me to run or they'd shoot me.

There's a power in words. There's a power in being able to explain and describe and articulate what you know and feel and believe about the world, and about yourself.

We have more media than ever and more technology in our lives. It's supposed to help us communicate, but it has the opposite effect of isolating us.

Renounce all those material things that you gained by exploiting other human beings.

It's time to start all over/make a new beginning.