"Live Aid turned our world upside down."
"Rich Mullins was the uneasy conscience of Christian music. He didn't live like a star. He'd taken a vow of poverty so that what he earned could be used to help others."
"I'm in a weird band. We've done very well. The American Dream is alive and well."
"I want young people to know that they can belong - whatever your culture, your religion, your sexuality - that you can live life how you want to live it and feel comfortable how you are."
"Beatbullying's 'The Big March 2012' is such a brilliant campaign and I am very proud to be a part of it. I have been a victim of cyber bullying myself and I know firsthand just how hurtful it can be. People think that they can hide behind computers and send nasty and hurtful comments to people, and this is wrong."
"I want to be in a more natural state while doing acting."
"I mean, rock 'n' roll is based on the blues, whether people want to know that or not."
"Elvis was a giant and influenced everyone in the business."
"If I can't eat the meal in a restaurant, and the waiter asks, 'Is everything all right, Madam?', I tell them that I'm on a diet."
"If anything good came out of 9/11, to me, was that people were so cynical about the world - all you hear about on the news is all the bad stuff everyday, but what was refreshing to me was after that, you saw how many good people there are out there. For every one bad one, there's a thousand good ones."
"Like Russell, I enjoy the fact that when I'm playing solo, if I want to do something completely spontaneous, I don't have to worry about how I'm going to cue the other musicians, or if it's something that's rehearsed."
"Music gives people the ability to dream, to leave their troubles behind for a moment and experience something beautiful. You create dreams and that’s a beautiful thing!"
"Truth is, I love everyone that is a good person regardless of what they look like, walk like, or who they love."
"We're in a long line of English people pretending to be Americans and not being as good as Americans."
"I didn't do the marching down the streets, jumping in front of the lines and holding hands... that wasn't me."
"For me, bomber jackets are smart, but they are also street and have a lot of attitude."
"There's something really magical about having a child - it's like permission to begin again, start over, reevaluate some things, check yourself. Recognize yourself. And that's kind of what happened with me - I realized, in a few places, I was going down the wrong path."
"Extreme pain to extreme pleasure has been the story of my entire life."
"My Internet presence was definitely bigger than the music. I'm so good at marketing, so once I knew I had them looking, I turned up with the music. I knew what I was doing - it was premeditated."
"I think there's always a call for people who are bucking the norm. But I don't expect it to happen now because I think that more than ever the entertainment industry is trying to serve as a distraction, to keep people from thinking too hard."
"Moms are sometimes the craziest because they know they want to get their daughters to be seen by us or get an autograph."
"I really can't make no wrong moves out here, because just as quick as you can get people to love you, you can get people to hate you."
"Down the road, I'll probably have a kid or two or three. And there will probably be political events or spiritual things to comment on, and humor."
"You going to call me arrogant for believing in myself? Come on! It's a competitive sport. Rappin' is the closest thing to boxing. Jay-Z said that. You gotta fight every day."
"You've got to know your surroundings."
