Great charismatic leaders don't just say what voters want to hear

At the different stages of recognition, reflection, and redress, practicing compassion provides potentially world-saving opportunities which otherwise likely would not exist.

I watch him go, and wonder if being good isn't its own punishment as much as it's supposed to be its own reward.

I am a citizen not of Athens or Greece but of the world.

Music is a powerful tool in galvanizing people around an issue. There's no better way to get your point across than to put it in a beautiful song.

The world is a Bridge, pass over it, but build no houses upon it. He who hopes for a day, may hope for eternity; but the World endures but an hour. Spend it in prayer for the rest is unseen.

I definitely like the oddballs. There's a song called 'Little Thing,' which is the only song that I have recorded that has no words. And it's the one that I get past my critic inside me.

I started coming to L.A. as often as I could, for three months on and three months off, because immigration kicks you out after 90 days.

For so long, I was controlled and manipulated by other people. Whatever people think of me, I'm finally doing what I want to do.

There are more of us than you think.

The problem with growing up is that once you're grown up, the people who aren't grown up aren't fun anymore.