I remain close to my people. I keep singing with them.

I don't want to force the peacekeeping nations to feel like I'm pushing them out.

Donors need to know what their money is being used for.

The people behind me are the people behind Aristide. They are just looking for better days.

The last five-six presidents of Haiti have failed miserably. And I don't think it would be an honor for me to say I want to be the next 'president.' I want to be the man by with whom change arrives.

It's time for Haitians to have access to health care. It's time to open our borders to the Haitian diaspora, open our markets to the world. It's time to open our country to potential investors.

I came into the music world in 1988 with a song called Ooh La La, that was like a breath of fresh air in Haitian music.

The Haiti that has been waiting for help and not moving no longer exists. Enough handouts; we need hands up. Enough aid; we need trade.

I believe my past is my strength.

I want to continue to do a good job for my constituents, my party doesn't want me to resign.

When you put more than a million kids in school, you take a plane today and go to Haiti, you cannot see the results. You will see the results in 30 years when you see a different type of Haitian.

I don't want to die, but I don't want to be the only one to live, either. When I was sitting alone last night, I kind of figured maybe that's how Jesus felt.

...it's good to know wave and particle alpha code, but more than that, the writer must go to the heart of life ...

Christ was born in the first century, yet he belongs to all centuries. He was born a Jew, yet He belongs to all races. He was born in Bethlehem, yet He belongs to all countries.

Whatever you want to do,do it now.

Ego is to the true self what a flashlight is to a spotlight.

I feel that my job is to create an atmosphere where creative people can do their best work.

Rock music is electronic music, dependent entirely on electronic circuitry and amplification.

Philosophy ought to be able to give an account of rationality that is not wholly detached from science's account of nature, even if it is not straightforwardly reducible to it.

Nashville is my home, and the reason why I get to do what I love.

State a moral case to a plowman and a professor. The former will decide it as well, and often better than the latter, because he has not been led astray by artificial rules.