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

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.

Some real well thought out stuff. But I don’t know, like, every last detail about Buddhism.

I won’t sell my songs for no TV Ad.

I was always tearing stuff apart to see how it worked.

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

I think every person has the ability to affect change…through our every thought our every word, the way that we interact with other people.

I love the flow of the game. There’s a certain fluidity to basketball. I don’t enjoy watching baseball or football in the same way.

In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book.

I do think that same gender partners should be able to be married. Why not? If you share a life together than who in the world should have anything to say about it?

I wouldn’t change anything for the world, although the fame part of this [entertainment] industry is tough to handle at times.

Don’t turn away from possible futures before you’re certain you don’t have anything to learn from them.

If I splurge on anything, it’s cologne. I love smelling good.

Theologians can persuade themselves of anything.

What we’re thinking about is a peaceful planet. We’re not thinking about anything else.

As long as we can play, we’ll play, regardless of what it’s for, who it’s for or anything. It’s fun for us – that’s the important thing.