You learn a lot when you're barefoot. The first thing is every step you take is different.
Music is sunshine. Like sunshine, music is a powerful force that can instantly and almost chemically change your entire mood. Music gives us new energy and a stronger sense of purpose.
It doesn't matter if you're black, white, gay, straight, come from different countries, different language... every single person is significant and is meaningful.
Music has the power to bring people together like no other art form.
Power to the peaceful!
Every single soul is a poem.
All the freaky people make the beauty of the world.
We can bomb the world to pieces, but we can't bomb it into peace.
No life's worth more than any other, no sister worth less than any brother.
During my travels in Iraq, Israel, Gaza, Brazil, Indonesia, Japan, Europe and all over the United States, I have seen and heard the voices of people who want change. They want the stabilization of the economy, education and healthcare for all, renewable energy and an environmental vision with an eye on generations to come.
Playing on the streets of Iraq, or in Israel or the Gaza strip, I'd sing angry protest songs against war. People would say, 'Make us clap, make us dance, and laugh and sing.' It really made me think about the importance of happy music.
I went to the University of San Francisco on an athletic scholarship. I didn't study in high school. I was just there to get by and to play basketball. But a funny thing happened to me when I got to college. I got challenged by the work and the professors.
It really is a strange time we're living in, when saying 'Don't kill people' is considered a radical point of view.
Investing now in safe-guarding people by helping them to adapt to climate change, will help save money and lives while building resilience.
You get everything you could have ever wished for if you're willing to give that eternal bliss away to somebody else, to give it back.
I don't know if music can change the world overnight but I know that music can help someone make it through a difficult night.
Like sunshine, music is a powerful force that can instantly and almost chemically change your entire mood.
We would play songs live on stage, and then we'd watch their reaction we were receiving immediately, if people were dancing and singing along. If they weren't, then we'd go into the dressing rooms of the different NBA teams that we were playing in their arenas, and we'd change the songs right there.
I think my soul is intact, but my methods of reaching people are completely different.
Everybody's opinion is equally valid, and I feel like everybody should have an opportunity to speak out, and everyone should have the courage to speak out.
