I grew up thinking that singing was my security.

The Berlin Wall go down, that was the most wonderful thing that could happen, absolutely. I celebrated with everybody in Berlin that day when the Wall was down.

When I heard his first songs, Dylan was answering certain questions that I had all my life been asking myself.

When you want something very dearly, you make the time.

With my songs I tried to prove that there is love.

How you looked was not important. It was what you did and how you did it. Decide to do it and then do it the best way you can.