So here I was.

I was just here yesterday.

I was here yesterday for three hours.

I was certainly not thinking, hey, I got new work here.

I was 12 years old. There's a problem here.

I was one of the first to arrive here in Castelão.

So, I was quite pleased with myself. I thought wow, I've tracked this one, I know how they come here. Then I scratched my head a bit, and that's okay, I know how they come here, but why do they come here?

I can feel proud. I can stand here in front of you tonight and say I was courageous.

And I was like, Get the fuck out of here. That's crazy.

I thought it was all graphics so here it is in reverse.

I Was Here logo for the UN World Humanitarian Day Campaign 2012

I have studied here and worked here.

It was very hard to decide if I wanted to leave this country without coming back again. I was born here.

Really, Jim, you don't remember? I was just here with the Monet prints?

And he wanted to hoist his flag to say, I was here first.

I should tell you that when I was asked to be here, I thought to myself that well, it's TED.

I have a little acorn here that I picked up while I was walking on the path earlier this year.

I should declare a personal interest here I was stateless for a time after my birth in Geneva.

The political situation in Haiti has, I believe, evolved in the right direction since I was last here.

I live here.

I live here.

I eat here.

I am here.

Look here, 1858, India was here, China was here, Japan was there, United States and United Kingdom was richer over there.

And so you can imagine, here I was an analyst at a hedge fund.

At first I thought I was just going to be here to perform, but unexpectedly, I learned and enjoyed much more.

And you know, the oddest part is, when I was on my way traveling here to TED, I'll be honest, I was petrified.

When I was here four years ago, I told the story about an ant climbing a blade of grass.

I brought it here.

I need you here.

May I sit here?

May I smoke here?

I came here yesterday.

I came here yesterday.

I came here yesterday.

I live near here.

Can I dance here?

I am new here.

I don't live here.

I think it comes down to this issue of why am I here? What am I here for? Where am I going?

I am leaving a lot out here this was a very complicated negotiation but that was the essence of it.

Thanks. So. And this project here, I was working with the great abstract vocalist, Jaap Blonk.

Here I was trying to help, and I had perpetuated the very thing I had spent my life trying to avoid yet another box.

I can move around here. I can extend.

that's what I thought until I came here.