In a disparate world, children are a unifying force capable of bringing us all together in support of a common ethic.

Preventing the conflicts of tomorrow means changing the mind-set of youth today.

We should be respectful but we must also have the courage to stop harmful practices that impoverish girls, women and their communities.

It is the meaning of what my life has been since a youth - to try to fight for the dignity and the freedom of my own people.

The impact of armed conflict on children is everyone's responsibility. And it must be everyone's concern.

Sometimes I wish I could just be like everyone else my age and not think at all.

I was tortured fifteen times, thats total submission. They did that with shutting off your blood circulation with ropes, giving you claustrophobia and pain at the same time, bending you double.

There's only X amount of time. You can do whatever you want with that time. It's your time.

The realism of failure, the romance of success.

Cry Baby wasn't necessarily a baby theme but I understand what they're saying. So like, Cry Baby is definitely a remaining character throughout all of my albums.

We don't even love each other. I do a bit, you know. You do what a bit? You know. Like you...whatever...love you a bit. I think I kind of love you too.

I spend my day trying to make myself as happy and relaxed as I can be. If I have positions going against me, I get right out; if they are going for me, I keep them.

My take on the torture thing and even drones is: If we're going to get into assassination and torture, the second question is the morality, but the first is the effectiveness of it.

An unresolved past erodes beauty in the present.

Deep down, Erikson wants profoundly to be respected and admired - and very deep down he wants to be left alone.