Knife crime and gun crime is poverty-driven, and poverty leads to insecurity.

The worst people on earth are not only those who commit evil, but those who stand by and turn a blind eye

Music is powerful. It is the only thing that can speak into your mind, your heart and your soul without your permission.

I'm still a soldier, fighting with my pen and paper for peace till the day I cease.

Any child soldier has to go through a lot of love, care and understanding to become normal.

A cold heart is my protection mechanism. I don't really feel anything for anyone.

I am proof that one person can rise above any challenge, and if I can, then so will others if they are given the chance.

I still have nightmares of dead comrades, a long time ago, talking to me. 'Emmanuel, don't forget about us, don't give up, keep telling our story.'

In Africa, music is for everything, Music was originally used for community. That was what music was for.

Peace may be negotiated by politicians, but it is something written in hearts and minds not on pieces of paper

I lost my childhood. I didn't play football or video games. Or have birthdays or the love of a family.

You begins with 'Y'-so ask, observe, and listen.

Printing currency for foreigners to buy is the best racket a government can get into.

The brainy class is made up of individuals who think for themselves and beyond formal education are continuous learners who tend to be self-taught.

I have two new nephews and a new niece this year, so I have plenty of kids that I can spend time with.

Being on a mission-not thinking about myself and focusing on serving other people-is what brought me closer to God than anything else.

People often think of Haiti as a place where you're not supposed to have any joy. I wanted to show that this is a place with joy.

You can be moved by an animated film and not by a live action film. There could be great inspiration in and humanity in that animated story.

The moral perfections of the Deity, the more attentively, we consider, the more perfectly still shall we know them.

If these are indeed the spirits of Englishmen and Englishwomen who have passed over into the next world, surely they would know how to form a proper queue?

Unless your work gives you trouble, it is no good.