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

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

" 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 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. "

" Every single soul is a poem. "

" 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. "

" I really encourage people to travel so we can see how the rest of the world views our country. That's really important. Secondly, as artists, activists, and citizens who vote, we have to begin to vote from our heart. "

" Power to the peaceful! "

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

" 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. "

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

" Music has the power to bring people together like no other art form. "

" My greatest sense of accomplishment has come from having two amazing sons, but it's also a paradox in that the times when I felt like the biggest failure have been times when I felt like, as a parent, I wasn't making the right decisions or succeeding in the way that I should. "

" 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. "

" History shows that Americans believe in doing the right thing. "

Doing The Right Thing

" Music is sunshine. Like sunshine, music is a powerful force that can instantly and almost chemically change your entire mood. Music gives us new energy and a stronger sense of purpose. "

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

" 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.' "

" I hope I inspire people to dream bigger than what they are living, but a dream within their reach. "

" When someone can't afford to wear shoes, it's not just about them not having shoes on that day. It's about a cycle of poverty that exists within their community. "

" My parents said sticks and stones will break your bones but names will never hurt you. But I always felt a sense of exhilaration after a fight; it was the names that really hurt me. "

" All the freaky people make the beauty of the world. "

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

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

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

" My mother birthed three children and she adopted myself and another African-American son. My adoptive parents were Finnish. I grew up in a white picket neighborhood. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Playing on the streets of Iraq, or in Israel or the Gaza strip, I'd sing angry protest songs against war. People would say, 'Make us clap, make us dance, and laugh and sing.' It really made me think about the importance of happy music. "

" 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. "