"I'm not a role model. I'm just a guy who makes music."

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion."

"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing."

"I'm not a serious person. I'm a funny person."

"Music is the most powerful thing in the world. It can make you laugh, it can make you cry, it can make you dance, it can make you think."