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" We have a saying in my house, my kids and my girlfriend. We say, 'Be your best for the greater good, and rock out wherever you are.' "

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" In Jamaica, the music is recorded for the sound system, not the iPod. It's about experiencing music together, with other people. "

" I took a trip in 2004, a year after the war started in Iraq. I played music on the streets of Baghdad for Iraqi civilians. I'd also play for U.S. soldiers at night when they were off duty in the bars. Then I would talk to people, and I would film them and ask them about their life and the conflict. "

" Today we are in a war against war - music is our power. "

" When I first started out, I thought it was enough to make an angry song that pointed out the problems of the world. "

" Music was a central part of my childhood because my mother played organ and piano in the church, and that meant all us kids had to be in the church choir. "

" 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. "

" My music is part of the quest I have to find new ways of telling stories, and also, I want to inspire people. "

" After a show, I'll get the 16-year-old white kid whose lip is pierced, his head is shaved and his parents hate him, and the young gangster from the screwed-up 'hood, and they say that now they realize there's someone out there who thinks like they do. "

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

" When I first started, my songs were the politics of anger. As I got older and hopefully wiser, I wanted to be part of the politics of answers. "

" Everyone deserves music. "

" I went to the University of San Francisco on an athletic scholarship. I didn't study in high school. I was just there to get by and to play basketball. But a funny thing happened to me when I got to college. I got challenged by the work and the professors. "

" Traveling to the Middle East and playing music for people on the street, for soldiers, for people in hospitals, and for people who lost their homes, and seeing people open up through the experience of music really restored my faith in music, in art, and in culture to change things. "

" In the '80s, Ronald Reagan inspired me to become politicized, because I grew up in that era when everything I cared about was under attack. "

" My favorite band of all time is The Clash. The thing I love about The Clash is they started out as guys who could barely play three chords. They dabbled in reggae, punk, rap, jazz. They came to a sound that could only be defined as The Clash. It was impossible to say what it was. I admire them for that. "

" The music industry has been hijacked by corporate interests, but the way music affects people and resonates with them hasn't changed. "

" 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. "

" The way the music comes to you starts to affect how you listen to music. When you're a kid, it's 'Does it rock? Does it make me feel good? Does it make me tap my feet? Does it make me go to sleep?' "

" I always identified with that feeling of being an underdog. So I always was looking to connect with and meet people from other cultures, to experience people living a different life that I am. "

" All my songs are different, but from the overall experience, I want people to sense that they can overcome and move through difficult times and find strength in my music. Maybe it's a song that makes them cry and move through something else. "

" I've always found that the poorer the places that I go, the more smiles I see, and the more happiness I see. "

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

" Through music I either tame my demons or unleash them and allow them to be what they are. I don't want the music to be about provocation, I want the music to bring you to a place where you feel at home. "

" Investing now in safe-guarding people by helping them to adapt to climate change, will help save money and lives while building resilience. "

" I think that fear comes about when there's things in the world that we want to change, things we're scared or angry about, and we can't change them, and so we become fearful; we develop anxiety. "

" 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. "

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

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

" The corporate media is there to push the agenda of the sponsors, and many of those sponsors are weapons manufacturers. So it stands to reason that you won't get a diversity of opinions on television. "

" Many kids in foster homes have a lot of emotions that are hard to get out. It's important to let them know they can make a difference in the community. "

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