Controversy is part of the nature of art and creativity.

Our public officials have forgotten that they are ultimately accountable to the people who put them in office, that the information they keep in secrecy belongs to all of us. Julian Assange took a courageous step by rightfully returning what belongs to the public domain. For that reason, I believe we need to stand behind him.

I am aware of the sufferings of women in India, which is also the suffering of women in many, many countries on our planet. My heart is filled with empathy and love for them.

What the Beatles did was something incredible, it was more than what a band could do. We have to give them respect.

John wrote with a very deep love for the human race and a concern for its future.

A lot of things have been thrown at me in life, and I've got through it all without a rule book, taking it one day at a time.

Music is like my security blanket.