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“We need to learn to accept and certainly mourn any harm that comes to any human being on this earth. But we also need to not be vengeful.”
“It's what great artists do. They suffer and feel more within the human condition than others. They're not better for that, just more sensitive, and there's a burden to that.”
“I'm not frightened about terrorism. I'm frightened about the roots of what we call terrorism.”
“I moved to New York to go to Julliard Drama School. Didn't sing a single note of music.”
“If you're sick, watch funny movies.”
“Isaac and I are going to Israel to ride for peace enviromental justice and a safer world for us all.”
“I'm lyrically driven, I'm not musically driven.”
“There's something about singing that I just love. It makes me feel freer than anything in the world.”
“I'm a spiritual person, I'm an America, I'm a Jew, and all of those things influence every breath I take, everywhere I go.”
“Violence only perpetrates more violence, and it becomes a vicious cycle. There are political situations all over the world where there are untold acts of revenge for incidences, and thousands and thousands of lives are lost because of them.”
“The great love of my life is music.”