It's like you asked me about the depression thing: you grope towards an understanding of whatever it is your going through, and it's not personal, there are forces in play around you, and you seek to understand them and that…

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Music can't change the world.

Music can't change the world.

Music is what I must do, business is what I need to do and politics...

Music is what I must do, business is what I need to do and politics...

If you were a pretty boy pop singer, it would wreck you, growing older.

If you were a pretty boy pop singer, it would wreck you, growing older.

Irish Americans are no more Irish than Black Americans are Africans.

Irish Americans are no more Irish than Black Americans are Africans.

Music is still above all else the thing that does it for me.

Music is still above all else the thing that does it for me.

Well, a sort of epiphany: I was in a great band. And it's very cool...

Well, a sort of epiphany: I was in a great band. And it's very cool...

Music is something I must do, business is something I need to do, and Africa...

Music is something I must do, business is something I need to do, and Africa...

I do think I feel it but you don't think you are cause at a...

I do think I feel it but you don't think you are cause at a...

Men who are not given any voice in this because of the secret nature of...

Men who are not given any voice in this because of the secret nature of...

Actually, today I had to defend the Bush Administration in France again. They refuse to...

Actually, today I had to defend the Bush Administration in France again. They refuse to...

Certainly, I think being depressed is absolutely part of the human condition, it has to...

Certainly, I think being depressed is absolutely part of the human condition, it has to...

Playing live if the thing I love doing best.

Playing live if the thing I love doing best.

I'm sure I'm very difficult to live with because of my make-up and personality.

I'm sure I'm very difficult to live with because of my make-up and personality.

You can't trust politicians. It doesn't matter who makes a political speech. It's all lies...

You can't trust politicians. It doesn't matter who makes a political speech. It's all lies...

Mankind at its most desperate is often at its best.

Mankind at its most desperate is often at its best.

I don't think anyone sets out to malign poor people but certainly that's what we...

I don't think anyone sets out to malign poor people but certainly that's what we...

It's really very simple, Governor. When people are hungry they die. So spare me your...

It's really very simple, Governor. When people are hungry they die. So spare me your...

There is a spiritual hunger in the world today - and it cannot be satisfied...

There is a spiritual hunger in the world today - and it cannot be satisfied...

I would hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo, and if an...

I would hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo, and if an...

Our lives are to be used and thus to be lived as fully as possible,...

Our lives are to be used and thus to be lived as fully as possible,...

Ninety percent of politics is deciding whom to blame.

Ninety percent of politics is deciding whom to blame.