Why do we kill people who are killing people to show that killing people is wrong?.

Once women are not excluded, I don't think any of us will give a damn what pronouns are used. That wasn't the point..

My voice is my instrument. ... It is not in the throat, from where it appears to come. It is in my feet and how they touch the floor, in my legs and ….

Leaping away from my mistakes has propelled me forward. It has great force behind it. It makes for great storytelling..

I don't believe in nirvana. If nirvana was handed to us on a silver platter, this would be the first day of our struggle to keep it..

Something happens to me when I witness someone's courage. They may not know I'm watching and I might not let them know. But something happens to me t….

When we make mistakes, say, I'm blessed that I have an opportunity to learn from this..

Part of being an artist is being willing to be shocked, being willing to be surprised, being willing to be hurt..

The greatest warriors are the ones who fight for peace..

My creativity and my political work are linked. I don't do this work out of guilt or out of responsibility..

Often thoughts are given to me with the sole purpose of giving them away..

Peace can start with just one heart..

If you have the guts to keep making mistakes, your wisdom and intelligence leap forward with huge momentum..

Language is like songs, like food, like dance-it is the expression of what we think..

You just keep feeding hogwash to people, and pretty soon they'll eat it..

When an audience comes to one of my concerts, I hope they'll see themselves, somewhere, in one of the songs..

In my life, the stories I have heard from my family, my friends, my community, and from willing strangers all over the world have been the true sourc….

When I am willing, all sound is available to me..

It doesn't take long to sum up the major theses of most popular music: he loves me; he left me; I need him; I needed him, but now I need his best fri….

I like this life. I like it when it's hard, and I like it better when it's not, but I know you don't get the sweet part without the bitter..

The women's movement completely changed attitudes all over the world in ways we'll never be able to count..