The way everyone in London is right up against each other makes it very real to you growing up, the fact that people have different lives to you. And that causes problems; of course it does.

My goal, my aim is to be a superstar, but not in a cheesy way. I want to go to America and do what they do. But better!

I've seen how much effort has to go into a tour, the performance and also how to look after yourself, not just physically, but mentally too.

Nigeria is like everywhere, really: there are some beautiful places that have been invested in and others that haven't been.

I grew up around a lot of various religions, so it's a part of my consciousness in a way. Everything from heavy Catholicism to followers of Indian spiritual masters to Unitarian universalists - all in one family. Though the family aspect was stronger than any particular dogma.

Mr. Speaker, I am deeply concerned that many regions of this world are suffering from the effects of armed conflicts with religious aspects. I believe that the differences of faith are not the real reason for these conflicts.

The joining of the whole congregation in prayer has something exceedingly solemn and affecting in it.

What is the benefit of fasting in our body while filling our souls with innumerable evils? He who does not play at dice, but spends his leisure otherwise, what nonsense does he not utter? What absurdities does he not listen to? Leisure without the fear of God is, for those who do not know how to use time, the teacher of wickedness.