I am convinced that music, like philanthropy, bridges hope.

I didn't go around the world, I went around the world on a private jet. I didn't have a hotel room, we had an entire floor. We were spoiled.

During my sabbatical, I spent two years not listening to my songs at all.

Love, acceptance, friends, two kids that I love. I have to take care of myself for them. I've also been a vegetarian for two years.

Everyday begins like a blank chalkboard, on which each one of us can write the poem of our present and our dreams for the future.

What will happen from now on? It doesn't matter. I can only focus on what's happening to me in this moment.

Life is like a great teacher..... she will repeat the lesson until you learn.

Getting caught masturbating sucks. I got caught masturbating in jail 7 or 8 times, it really sucks.

And when you feel the heat, the world is at your feet.

Children aren't just our future. They're our present.

Buddhism has a very beautiful teaching that says the worst thing you can do to your soul is to tell someone their faith is wrong.

Failures can be called ‘strengtheners’ as they make you determined to reach your goal with the lessons they teach.

People are kinder to the unborn than they are to the women themselves, and soon I had my ticket.

To turn away from the great questions and dilemmas of life is a tragedy, for the quest for meaning and truth makes life worth living.

So now the devil's in my soul.

Am I the Irish comedian with half a finger? No, I'm the Irish comedian with nine and a half fingers.

It's interesting to observe that almost all truly worthy men have simple manners, and that simple manners are almost always taken as a sign of little worth

More and more, when I single out the person out who inspired me most, I go back to my grandfather.

I was a fat girl growing up and had to change schools because kids were so mean.

Whenever folks say radical Christianity is "a phase" of youth, I tell them they need to meet our 80-year-old nun or my friend Tony Campolo.

Practice radical humility when it comes to your own accomplishments, and give credit everywhere except to your ego.