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" 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. "

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" 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. "

" You learn a lot when you're barefoot. The first thing is every step you take is different. "

" Johnny Cash was a rebel, not only just in the musical sense, but he was somebody who was for the people, and an advocate for labor, for workers, for prisoners, people who have been trapped by the criminal justice system. "

" Music gives us new energy and a stronger sense of purpose. "

" Our country was founded on immigration. We are all occupying Native American land here. At what point do we say 'It's our land, and nobody else can come here.' "

" Not all artists have a responsibility to be socially or politically aware, but they do have a responsibility to make great art. They have to find some truth and put that in their music. "

" Jamaica's a country of great dichotomy. On the one hand you have a tourist industry with great beaches and resorts, but on the other you have such great poverty and the violence that goes along with that. "

" Like sunshine, music is a powerful force that can instantly and almost chemically change your entire mood. "

" The world can't have a global solution to climate change with U.S. action alone; and the world can't have a global solution without U.S. action. "

" The U.S. has historically been the world's largest contributor to climate change. "

" I have moments all the time when I play. "

" Everyone deserves music. "

" I'd play music on the street, especially in developing nations where a lot of kids couldn't wear shoes. In order to relate with kids that would be following me barefoot, I would take off my shoes, and they would all laugh at me because I couldn't go three steps without wincing. "

" People underestimate the hip-hop audience and the capacity to understand politics when it's part of music. "

" With all the people hating and hurting each other, I don't understand how people could get upset about people of the same sex caring for each other. "

" I'm always trying to find optimistic ways to express myself. "

" I eat bags and bags of cashews. I've got them in the kitchen, and about ten feet away I've got another bowl on the kitchen table. In my backpack, I've always got a bag of cashews. I started eating them in the airports because that's the one food that you can find in every airport that's actually nutritious. "

" Power to the peaceful! "

" 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. "

" No life's worth more than any other, no sister worth less than any brother. "

" There are so many things to be worried about, and I wanted to make a record that people could put on, and it would lift them up the way the sun did for me each day. "

" Every single soul is a poem. "

" I really believe that, as an artist, my opportunity to help to bring about awakening is one that should come from a personal process that someone has, and not from me telling somebody that this is the way it is. "

" I have a desire that I want to make people feel happy through my music. I'm always trying to find optimistic ways to express myself. "

" Rap has so many possibilities that need to be explored. There are different factions of rap, but some are in a rut. Rap doesn't have to be about boosting egos and grabbing your crotch and dissing women. There's a way to make political and social issues interesting and entertaining to the young rap audience. "

" 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. "

" I'm a news junkie who's constantly reading newspapers and magazines. I look around and see what's happening in the world. "