As an artist I come to sing, but as a citizen, I will always speak for peace, and no one can silence me in this.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
But only art and music have the power to bring peace.
I have sung for Americans of every political persuasion, and I am proud that I never refuse to sing to an audience, no matter what religion or color of their skin, or situation in life.
As a citizen, hopefully I'm humanist. As an artist, I'm free.
Being a musician doesn't take away your right as a citizen to speak your mind.
The cry of the oppressed has entered not only into my ears, but into my soul, so that while I live, I cannot hold my peace.
I sing against emotional dictatorships, and against the imposition of one person over another, in the name of love.
My job as an artist is to speak up for those who might be perceived as the losers. Or those who can't shout. No wonder public-school people always get into politics or acting: they're taught to shout that much more loudly.
I'm trying to be a singer, not a civil rights leader.
If you want to be a voice for peace in the world, begin by making peace a permanent condition of your own life.
I'm an artist, I'm not an activist.