To cure the violence, we must identify and heal the causes of hatred and violence. If we don't deal with the causes we will never be safe.

We Americans are world leaders and we must lead by example – particularly in times that require careful deliberation before any precipitous action – lest we fail to walk in the shoes of those we might injure.

The ethic behind songs of conscience doesn’t change, even though the issues are altered from generation to generation.

People may say ‘What can I do? I’m only one person.’ But we’ve proven that when we come together demonstrate, and speak our piece, there is no way the power structure can avoid being attentive.

The songs we sing invite the participation of the listener, who is central to finding a way of creating the life of the song at that listening. It’s the difference between poetry and didactic writing. One tells you, ‘This is it,’ and the other says, ‘Let’s find this together.’

Such honesty comes with a price, but when you get past the hurt and shock of realizing that you’re faulted and frequently wrong, you also realize that you are really loved and respected for who you are, and you become a better person.

Such times of crisis have inevitably brought ‘music of conscience’ to the fore and I expect we will be hearing more and more of it in the immediate future. When people feel empowered to come together and raise their voices, also will mean raising their voices in song as well.

There is only one river. There is only one sea. And it flows through you, and it flows through me. There is only one people. We are one and the same. We are all one spirit. We are all one name.

People may say 'What can I do? I'm only one person.' But we've proven that when we come together demonstrate, and speak our piece, there is no way the power structure can avoid being attentive.

A flip-flopper is an intelligent person who changes position when the circumstance changes.