"I'm not a prophet. I'm just a guy who writes songs."

"I've got nothing to hide. I'm not ashamed of anything."

"You can say I said jokingly, 'He didn't quit, I sacked him!'"

"I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in the sky. I believe that what people call God is something in all of us. I believe that what Jesus and Mohammed and Buddha and all the rest …"

"If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace."