When I was singing "King of the Mountain," it was a pivotal point in the show. That's the song that took us from this concert setting of individual songs into the theatrical narrative piece.

Come up and be a kite, On a diamond flight!

Everyone of us has a heaven inside.

I just know that something good is going to happen. I don't know when - but just saying it could even make it happen.

Its so fascinating to think about how each snowflake is completely individual - there are millions and millions of them, but each one is so unique.

I love the whirling of the dervishes. I love the beauty of rare innocence. You don't need no crystal ball, Don't fall for a magic wand. We humans got it all, we perform the miracles.

I had friends but I was spending a great deal of my time alone and for me that was vital because there's an awful lot you learn about yourself when you're alone.

It's not important to me that people understand me.

What am I singing? A song of seeds The food of love. Eat the music.

I spend a lot of my time looking at blue, The colour of my room and my mood.

I don’t know you, And you don’t know me. It is this that brings us together.

Everything I have ever wanted to be, every dream, every desire is reflected in your eyes.

If one has never known freedom, it is easy to be blind to the gridirons composing one's cell.

I used to be snow-white . . . but I drifted.

If it takes you three years to set up a studio, and you've made one track with that setup, then the logical thing to do is not change anything and just do another one using the same set of sounds.

I believe that you're here on Earth for a short time, and while you're here, you shouldn't forget it.

Elections in Nigeria Under My Watch Have Been Credible and Transparent

I'm much more introspective than I was, say, thirty years ago.

A.J. [Muste] was a - as he likes to say, a radical pacifist.

The vital air of friendship is composed of confidence. Friendship perishes in proportion as this air diminishes.

[Wynton] Marsalis does not aspire to be an innovator, no one else is allowed to have new ideas either.