I'm a big fan of Henri Cartier-Bresson, the French photographer who had that whole "decisive moment" approach to taking pictures, of having multiple elements line up within the frame.

As I've learned in the past few years, Mali is home to some of the most incredible musicians in the world.

My favorite photos are the ones where people don't really see me. I'm more interested in looking at people looking at things.

The majority of my photos are taken while traveling, because everything feels new and exciting initially. Taking photos is like a way to make sense of the overwhelming.

It definitely helps if I can wear a jacket, because I can have a camera in my pocket. When we're on tour or if I go travel somewhere by myself, that's when I take the most photos.

Photography has always been important to me for that, being able to make sense of something or understand something or remember something or laugh at something.

The fact that so many people whose livelihood depends on being able to play, it's just crazy.

There is no point in treating a depressed person as though she were just feeling sad...Sadness is more or less like a head cold -- with patience, it passes. Depression is like cancer.

He without inspiration and motivation exists no more in a world full of innovations and inventions!

But it feels good to love a thing and not expect anything back. It feels good to not get an argument or any pushiness or any rumors or any bullshit. It's love without strings. It's ideal.

I'm not sure if a grinning Irish guy who is speechless for 45 seconds is going to make good TV.

Things... well, things suck sometimes. And sometimes you can fix it. And sometimes you can't. It's just the way it is.

Education is a slow moving but powerful force

The only suggestions I get on my plays is to make them more of what they already are, and that's wonderful.

It's ironic, but true, that in this age of electronic communications, personal interaction is becoming more important than ever.

When I was flying to Rome, we flew over London; I felt like bursting into tears. It's part of me, so I can't leave London behind for good.

We were a family who had come from nothing and now we had respect from French people of all sorts.