I learnt early on that your audience take the songs in the way they want to rather than the way you might want them too.

The first revolution is when you change your mind

Man is a complex being: he makes deserts bloom - and lakes die.

Nobody can do everything, but everybody can do something.

America .. the international Jekyll and Hyde ... the land of a thousand disguises, sneaks up on you but rarely surprises

If someone comes to you and asks for help, and you can help them, you're supposed to help them. Why wouldn't you? You have been put in the position somehow to be able to help this person.

The way you get to know yourself is by the expressions on other people's faces, because that's the only thing that you can see, unless you carry a mirror about.

Music has the power to make me feel good like nothing else does. It gives me some peace for a while. Takes me back to who I really am.

The revolution will be no re-run brothers, The revolution will be live.

I don't mind being criticized. I enjoy being criticized personally, not by rumor.

A good poet feels what his community feels. Like if you stub your toe, the rest of your body hurts.

Friends? Your friends? If you lock them together in a room with no food for a week…Then you could see what it is, friends! …

An artist who has no faith is like a painter who was born blind.

There's no worse crime in journalism these days than simply deciding something's a story because Drudge links to it.

Credit cards are like snakes: Handle 'em long enough, and one will bite you.

The beauty of a really good movie is that it's a whole world, complete in an hour and a half or two hours.

My manager introduced me to the 'Rise to Honor' team. I was curious about what it took to be involved in video games, a completely new form of entertainment to me.

My biggest blast-off hit was "You Raise Me Up." If you ever have a wedding or a funeral, it's a good pick.

Ultimately everyone, no matter who you are, we all at our core want to just know that we matter.

You do this because you like it, you think what you're making is beautiful. And if you think it's beautiful, maybe they think it's beautiful.

The child and the poet know that Reality is what does not need to be realistic.