I do think that really great music will divide people, and people will love and hate it at the same time.

I think in music there is just something inherently spiritual in singing together and harmonizing, and gospel is the truest form of that.

I have my own goals in my head in terms of things that would be great to happen.

If you're religious or not, the world and society lacks as much of community spirit as it had.

When you write songs, you try to tap into something that isn't straightforward in your head. Whatever you're feeling most strongly about usually comes out in your writing.

The moment you learn the lesson, the test will be over.

When a man that attractive licks his lips, a girl's got to look. And imagine...

No one should be forced to carry the unfulfilled self of another.

Be honest, be brutally honest, and if you want something go out there and get it.

Human interaction is the key force in overcoming resistance and speeding change.

I love going on BBC6 and BBC7 and listening to documentaries.

Language changes and moves in a different direction evolving all the time. Where a lot of people see deterioration, I see expressive development

Americans get mad as hell with reasonable frequency but quickly return to their families and sitcoms.

There is a ceiling to it and there's a stigma. Billy Crystal as brilliant as he is, he's never going to be thought of as a contemporary like Alan Arkin.

The amount of water on the planet does not change, only its quality.