I believe God knew what he was doing when he put oil under our ground. It should be a means to an end.

Femi Fani Kayode is my boy. Provide him food, he will eat and then sing for you. He’s a smart boy

I will not say the fact that there are no European Union observers at an election means that it will not be fair and free.

Even Jesus Christ cannot conduct a free and fair election in Nigeria.

To feed our people we must first feed our soil

My gut feelings and my faith tell me that until God shuts a door, no human can shut it.

Nigeria has no business with poverty. With our human and material resources, we shall strive to eradicate poverty from our country.

School is not meant for the poor, only for the rich.

Corruption, the greatest single bane of our society today.

Democracy should be nurtured and sustained in Nigeria and in our part of the world

What the oil producer gets paid is about 16 percent. The majority of it is tax, which in fairness to the government of this country they have accepted and admitted.

Also I played on a lot of demos in the early days of the Stones.

Those who laugh the hardest are often the most unhappy.

It makes me feel kind of weird, but obviously the Man Upstairs gave me something and it touches people, and I'm just so blessed.

Men may not believe you, my son. But you must always say the truth, when the truth holds no danger for you or your loved ones.

Rushing into action, you fail. Trying to grasp things, you lose them. Forcing a project to completion, you ruin what was almost ripe.

Every character in each of my movies is a different side of myself.

I saw a documentary on how ships are kept together. Riveting!

I am going to fight capitalism even if it kills me. It is wrong that people like you should be comfortable and well fed while all around you people are starving.

But just because you’re strong and resilient doesn’t mean you never need someone to be there for you, to take care of you.

We come from an environment molded from 3 billion years of evolution, and when we change our behavior, there may be problems.