“Just keep putting out music.”

I started feeling this little lump in my throat, like you would feel if you have swollen glands or something like that

Music is going to go in some direction that is entirely inconceivable now.

Don’t think whether it’s a hit or not and people will get you.

Rather than trying to figure out what other people should be doing, work on your own interactions in the world and whatever influence they have.

It just seemed like Buddhism, especially Tibetan Buddhism – because that’s mainly what I’ve been exposed to – was a real solid organization of teachings to point someone in the right direction.

That’s the strange thing about making a record.

China is one of the last huge dictatorships, holding on to these colonies, provinces.

The situation with Tibet has to change.

That has to collapse. It’s the responsibility of heads of business who are going to do business in China to lay down the law.

I want to say a little something that’s long overdue, the disrespect to women has got to be through.

All of it has an effect.

It feels good to play a little music / Tears running down my face ’cause I love to do it

I’m not just talking about what you put on a record – even just walking into a store and how you interact with the person behind the checkout counter.

Like you’d feel if you have a cold, so I didn’t really think it was anything.

People need to be more aware of how they’re affecting people.

When I was younger, I felt like I could say anything and it was funny.

It was like she was cheated. Only nobody had cheated her. So there was nobody to take it out on. However, just the same she had that feeling. Cheated.

I grew up with a single mother, and I wasn’t out shooting too many guns.

Chemistry is a class you take in high school or college, where you figure out two plus two is 10, or something.

I do have a chef, but I still go out. Sometimes I can still blend in, and sometimes I get a little bombarded. It’s the best of both worlds.

If you tell a teammate you’re ready to play as tough as you’re able to, you’d better go out there and do it.

I’m not trying to have my whole life out there in the media.

We need to find ways to elevate the expectations, particularly of those individuals who may start off on a lower socioeconomic rung, who might be seen as disadvantaged. But, you know, the reason I say be seen as disadvantaged, it’s because life is so short, and there’s so much that can change.

I think you have to work very hard and dedicate yourself and have the respect of your teammates before you’re about to go out and just try to take a game over by yourself.