We can't stop a baby in Africa from starving to death... but we can afford enough technology and weaponry to blow the world up a million times over.

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

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.

Just because you can explain it doesn't mean it's not still a miracle.

Its funny when people recently change their attitude to gain entrance into your heart, which may only ignite your passion to close the door.

The embrace was long and tight, but more like a complex language then a simple prolonged act. She said nothing at all, but damn she said everything. And I finally got it.

We sleep safely at night because rough men stand ready to visit violence on those who would harm us.

I don't feel I'm a compulsive person. I multitask. I'm really well-organised, and I have lots of people to help me.

I have to confess that I don't read much of what is written about me.

Progress means movement in a desired direction, and we do not all desire the same things for our species.

I tend to think the world is a bit of a miserable place, so anyone who can add to people's optimistic, cheerful side is doing a good job, which is what I hope I'm doing.

My theory is because I'm Asian and white I sort of look like the future. I'm the melting pot.

God in my mind gives you what you need. So, if you need God to be a black woman and you need that for whatever your reasons are, then perhaps your blessings will come in that form.