“The UN declaration on human rights must always be first in line before religion or other cultural habits, in case of any conflict between them.”

There is a very vibrant cultural scene in Stockholm. There are lots of places where there are concerts, and there are loads of museums and theaters.

And also a lot of Muslims are no more religious then the average Swede. For them it’s natural that human rights come first.

To doubt is to have faith in the worst possible outcome.

You sit there for hours, days and weeks with a guitar and piano until something good comes.

Some values must be universal, like human rights and the equal worth of every human being.

I just assumed we were being sent up. But now I see they were paying tribute to us

The situation in America is when it starts moving there, all the bands from England move over to America and work from there, so that they’re available all the time for everyone that wants them in person.

We now have cultural machines so powerful that one singer can reach everybody in the world, and make all the other singers feel inferior because they’re not like him.

There is a cultural diversity that’s very valuable, and it’s valuable to have different ways of looking at the world.

We have to assume now that all mission is cross-cultural.

We have to remember that information sharing is restricted by legal barriers and cultural barriers and by the notion that information is power and therefore should be hoarded so if you share information you can extract something in exchange.

But herein lies the rub: Christianity has been on a long-term trend of decline in every Western cultural context that we can identify.

I don’t care if this is a great cultural event or a national symbol. It has nothing to do with me. It deals with the city.

[Museums] all belongs to the cultural department, which is the biggest cultural department in the world.

Lawrence Hill, a cultural and spiritual descendant of West African griots, has used his vast storytelling talents to create an epic story that spans three continents.