“For us, genocide was the gas chamber – what happened in Germany. We were not able to realize that with the machete you can create a genocide.”

I used to say I never talk about my successor, neither about my predecessor.

We were not realizing that, with just a machete, you can do a genocide.

Rwanda was considered a second-class operation because it was a small country, we had been able to maintain a kind of status quo. They were negotiating, they’d accepted the new peace project, so we were under the impression that everything would be solved easily.

It has long been recognized that an essential element in protecting human rights was a widespread knowledge among the population of what their rights are and how they can be defended.

There is a greater fatigue concerning the African problem today than five or 10 years ago. The situation now in Africa is worse today than it was 10 years ago.

I feel fortunate that I was able to step away from it when I wasn’t interested.

Its such an egotistical thing to be able to just stand there and say, Action! Its like being a little mini-god.

We stayed very close to each other [with Leek Kirk], and Lee was amazing.

The ‘I think’ which Kant said must be able to accompany all my objects, is the ‘I breathe’ which actually does accompany them.

I feel like making music because – and this has much to do with the way I was able to make this record – there’s more of myself in it.

I’m not concentrated or concerned with any other factors rather than just being able to do the best job that I can.

Was it the forgetfulness of old age or personal incapacity that made the man able to say please but not thank you?

Yet, when your ears come upon the truth, the facts of life, you hide your faces and cry, not able