Musician

The foundation of my beliefs is the same as it was when I was 10. Non-violence.

I've never had a humble opinion. If you've got an opinion, why be humble about it?

I see a young man playing 'Plaisir d'Amour' on guitar. I knew I didn't want to go to college; I was already playing a ukulele, and after I saw that, I was hooked. All I wanted to do was play guitar and sing.

Instead of getting hard ourselves and trying to compete, women should try and give their best qualities to men - bring them softness, teach them how to cry.

You don't get to choose how you're going to die, or when. You can only decide how you're going to live. Now.

My dread is for my show to be a nostalgia act. So the key to it is how do we keep it fresh?

People say I'm such a pessimist, but I always was. It never stopped me from doing what I had to do. I would say I'm a realist.

If people have to put labels on me, I'd prefer the first label to be human being, the second label to be pacifist, and the third to be folk singer.

As we know, forgiveness of oneself is the hardest of all the forgivenesses.

If people have to put labels on me, I'd prefer the first label to be human being, the second label to be pacifist, and the third to be folk singer.

The easiest kind of relationship for me is with ten thousand people. The hardest is with one.

Action is the antidote to despair.

The easiest kind of relationship for me is with ten thousand people. The hardest is with one.

Mostly what I listen to when I turn on my little iPod is opera.

I've never been an optimist.

The longer you practice nonviolence and the meditative qualities of it that you will need, the more likely you are to do something intelligent in any situation.

We were raised with that discussion about violence and non-violence, and we all pretty much came up on the side of non-violence. That became my foundation with politics and my livelihood.

Someone had to change the world. And obviously I was the one for the job.

Instead of getting hard ourselves and trying to compete, women should try and give their best qualities to men - bring them softness, teach them how to cry.

If it's natural to kill, how come men have to go into training to learn how?