I still love playing music. It was all I ever wanted to do, and I got the chance to do it.

If you gave me a fresh carnation, I would only crush its tender petals.

Being a musician is a noble profession.

Everyone gets frustrated and aggressive, and I'd sooner take my aggression out on a guitar than on a person.

I'm still a mod, I'll always be a mod, you can bury me a mod.

No man should have cowboys boots in his wardrobe. That's fair enough, isn't it? Unless you're a cowboy, of course.

I want to hear as much music as I possibly can before I leave this mortal coil but it's impossible to hear it all because there's so much of it.

Sometimes you're ahead of the game and sometimes people don't get it and that's just one of those things you have to accept and carry on.

I think politicians are so far out of step with what people really want.

I think anybody goes through a crisis of confidence from time to time. You have to kind of doubt yourself, sometimes. It's the way forward.

You can't live a lie. You have to follow your heart.

Truth must be found in reality, not systems.

Sometimes, people don’t need our homes to live in or our bodies to lean on. All they need are our hands to lift them up.

Always count the costs before starting any journey, and never take a step without finding its costs.

Africa has within it everything it needs to reach the peace. But Africa does not do Africa, Africa does foreigners

Do not commit spiritual suicide through a passion for discussing metaphysical subtleties.

Your future takes precedence over your past. Focus on your future, rather than on the past.

Where there is no hope, we must invent it.

I have met the enemy, and it is the eyes of other people.

How many condemnations I have witnessed more criminal than the crime!

Selling is the most important skill as an entrepreneur. I'm not talking so much about selling a product so much as selling yourself, team, and deals.