The early Irish Americans were persecuted. They struggled when they left their country, and they struggled when they got to the States.

Sinn Fein has milked naive Irish Americans for too long.

Irish music has been great to me. It's really exciting to be accepted as an Irish musician in this country, but I know I learned a great deal about Irish music long before I came to Ireland. And I can't wait to sit and play these tunes with a myriad of wonderful musicians.

He changed the way African Americans are viewed in this country

Americans are the most generous country on the planet, ... I've worked in Europe, I've worked in Australia. There is no where else where you get absolutely no attitude for being a foreigner. If you do your job well, they embrace you.

Americans want to see it before it gets to be the dominating Westernized country.