A lot of my songs deal with spirituality and God, and I guess if you're in tune with that, you'll read into it.

Love , creativity, and opportunity is in the air. Take it in and do your thing.

Music is my life, it is a reflection of what I go through.

One day we're going to watch people fight to the death, like Roman times. Instead of being in a coliseum, we're going to watch it on TV.

I've woken up from dreams and the whole song is there. I'm listening to it in my dreams. I consciously have to wake myself up and get a tape recorder because I hear it like a record.

There's certain things in life that I love. One is architecture. And music, culture, food, people. New Orleans has all of that.

Being free is a state of mind.

The idea of having to conform to someone else's ideal is unacceptable. I'm gonna be me. And if I can't be me, then I'd rather not do it.

We weren't put here to be miserable. We were put here to do the best we can, and we should take our energy and improve our state of being.

I am not trying to change the world. I am just offering my gift that God gave me, and if somebody is moved by it, that's beautiful.

I've always been into films. I've been offered lots of films but they've always been these very stereotypical roles. They wanted me to play some gangster or street guy, or pimp, drug addict.

All the best firsts should be experienced at three a.m.

The world is full of love stories, and all lovers are in a sense the avatars of their predecessors.

Rock and roll music - the music of freedom frightens people and unleashes all manner of conservative defense mechanisms.

I don't believe in censorship in any form.

Queen's University flies the flag for the arts in Northern Ireland and beyond.

Anger is like ice, and also quick to melt

There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places.

The depressing thing about tennis is that no matter how good I get, I'll never be as good as a wall.

They used to be buddies, I thought, they used to be friends, and now they hate each other because one has to work for a living and the other comes from the West Side. They shouldn't hate each other.

Productivity = creating value and delivering it to people. All other busywork is unproductive fluff and should be minimized.