I don't try and coax people to COME out because it NEEDS to be right for them as an individual but when I SPEAK to some people I REALISE that the power and influence that famous sportspeople have is amazing and to show such a positive message can change the WORLD.

Anything that we do to make ourselves feel worthy and safe is a flight from the pain of powerlessness. Every pursuit of EXTERNAL power - every attempt to change the WORLD or a person in order to make yourself feel valuable and safe - is a DISTRACTION from the pain of powerlessness.

When I lecture kids, I say, 'You've got to be AMBITIOUS by the advertising' - ambitious. You've got to say, 'See, this PRODUCT? Maybe I can CHANGE the WORLD with this product.' They look at me LIKE I'm nuts, but that's what you can do.

The PHRASE 'change the WORLD' is tossed around Silicon Valley CONVERSATIONS and business plans as freely as TALK of 'early-stage investing' and 'beta tests.'

If it's a good SONG and it fits me, that's what I'm going to do, I'm not out there trying to change the world. I'm just out there trying to sing COUNTRY music the BEST way I can.

When I was at drama school, I wanted to change the WORLD, and thought I had some GREAT WISDOM to impart to people about HUMANITY. Now that I'm older, I know enough to realise that I know nothing at all.

The one THING I witnessed over and over were these pretty YOUNG people who WOULD THROW themselves into a cause larger than themselves and believe they could change the WORLD.

Kids REALLY have a LOT more POWER than they think they have. They have the power to change the world. And they should know it.

I have to say that when I FIRST started singing, I didn't THINK it was a very NOBLE profession. I WORKED for people like Robert Kennedy and I thought: 'Wow, that's what it's about. That's how you change the WORLD.' And then I watched that disintegrate in front of my eyes, and it was very discouraging.

Kids DESERVE the RIGHT to THINK that they can CHANGE the world.

Let US remember: One book, one PEN, one CHILD, and one teacher can CHANGE the world.

I didn't CHANGE the WORLD.

A small GROUP of thoughtful people COULD change the world. INDEED, it's the only THING that ever has.

What's UNIQUE about WASHINGTON is that no one's from here. Almost everybody came here to change the WORLD, to MAKE a difference.