When you find the talent, it's always raw, and when you put the talent in the formula, you get the Knocks.

I want to be part of a different kind of celebrity, one that thinks not just about charity but policy.

I always want to know what's wrong with you, why you ain't smiling. That's just my character; I just love people and want to see people having a good time.

If I can't take five years out to serve my country as president, then everything I've been singing about, like equal rights, doesn't mean anything.

It was important to me to go back to the grungy, because all of a sudden you get excited again, 'cause there's another whole dimension of 'Clef that you wasn't expecting to hear.

I don't see no more Billie Holidays, no more Marvin Gayes, no more Smokey Robinsons. I don't even see no more Nirvanas.

The reason why we love America so much is America is the only place you can actually come in and wave your flag.