We went to Denmark twice and Germany and also to the Canary Isles one year. I remember once when we were playing Dresden in Germany.
If any country was a mine-shaft canary for the reintroduction of cholera, it was Haiti - and we knew it. And in retrospect, more should have been done to prepare for cholera... which can spread like wildfire in Haiti... This was a big rebuke to all of us working in public health and health care in Haiti.
Like the canary in the coal mine, the climate changes already evident in the Arctic are a call to action.
That's what the cat said to the canary when he swallowed him - 'You'll be all right.'
Measles is probably the best argument for why there needs to be global health, and why we have to think about it as a global public good. Because in a sense, measles is the canary in the coal mine for immunization. It is, you know, highly transmissible. The vaccine costs 15 cents, so it's not - you know, shouldn't be an issue in terms of cost.
Israel is the canary in the mine. What happens to Israel will eventually happen to America itself.
We're performing several shows in the Canary Islands.
My father used to run auctions. He's now a singer in the Canary Islands.