“In general people put too much faith in the rich, the famous, the politicians, and not enough faith in themselves.”

“What we're about in this band, I hope...is that we put people before ideas.”

“... But the one thing we can all agree -- all faiths, all ideologies -- is that God is with the vulnerable and poor. God is in the slums, in the cardboard boxes where the poor play house. God is in the silence of a mother who has infected her child with a virus that will end both their lives. God is in the cries heard under the rubble of war. God is in the debris of wasted opportunity and lives, and God is with us if we are with them.”

“You don't become an 'artist' unless you've got something missing somewhere. Blaise Pascal called it a God-shaped hole. Everyone's got one but some are blacker and wider than others. It's a feeling of being abandoned,cut adrift in space and time-sometimes following the loss of a loved one. You can never completely fill that hole-you can try with songs,family,faith and by living a full life...but when things are silent, you can still hear the hissing of what's missing.”

“Feelings are much stronger than thoughts. We are all led by instinct, and our intellect catches up later”

“People rid the room of argument until they have no one left — except people who agree with them. It is understandable. But I like a good argument.”

“Music can change the world because it can change people.”