My songs were always about the tone of voice rather than the words.

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.

No one is useless in this world, I might not do the greats you do, endure greatly as you do but at some point we have something in common, we both NEED one another.

Herbert Asquith's clarity is a great liability because he has nothing to say.

A moral person is one who constantly exercises, and acts on, his best rational judgment.

Russia's inclination toward authoritarianism undoubtedly strengthened the leaders in Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Kazakhstan, as they are afraid of normal democratic procedures.

Can you restrain your laughter, my friends?

I think it's strange to live in a house with someone you cannot talk to-especially when that someone is your father-and the thought makes me a little sad.

Waiting in line is a great opportunity to meet people, daydream, or play.

If you live in a society that wishes you didn't exist, anything you do to make yourself happy disrupts its attempts to wipe you out, or at the very least, make you invisible.

I think people should read fairy tales, because were hungry for a mythology that will speak to our fears.