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" The world and the universe are far more wonderful if there's not a puppet master. "

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" I found there's a fairly blatant racism in America that's already there, and I don't think I noticed it when I lived here as a kid. But when I went back to South Africa, and then it's sort of thrust in your face, and then came back here - I just see it everywhere. "

" I think I am a very kind person. I think I'm joyful, but I could be kinder and I could be more joyful. I do believe peace is a state of grace, and not the absence of violence. "

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" I hope that just what I sing about and how I relate to my audience is as much of a political statement as I need to make. "

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" Being a white South African, I enjoyed the better things that that country gave to a small percentage of its population. "

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