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July 7 (Reuters) - More than 100 pop acts performed at nine concerts around the world on Saturday in a bid to spur governments, corporations and the public to take action on global warming.

Following are comments from some of the performers, organizers and people at the concerts on the day.

AL GORE (Organizer/East Rutherford, New Jersey) - "Thank you for coming to Live Earth. Harness the energy in your heart and help us solve the climate crisis."

MADONNA (Singer/London) - "I'd like to take this opportunity to thank Al Gore ... for giving the world the wake-up call it so badly needs and for starting an avalanche of awareness that we are running out if time. Let's hope tonight's concert, and the concerts going on all around the world, are not just about entertainment."

ROGER WATERS (Musician/East Rutherford) - "It does give us a sense that we're actually all brothers and sisters in a fairly dim planet and we all need to pull together if there's going to be any kind of future for our children."

JANE GOODALL (Primatologist, East Rutherford, New Jersey) - "Since I was a little child so much of this beautiful planet has been destroyed ... you have to remember that every one of us makes a difference every day."

LEONARDO DI CAPRIO (Actor/East Rutherford, New Jersey) - "Global warming is no longer a theory but a reality ... What once seemed like science fiction is now an inconvenient and undeniable truth."

MARCOS VAZ (23, attended Rio de Janeiro concert) - "It's not like the people here are very concerned with these climate changes, but it would be very bad if our climate in Rio were to change."

ALICIA KEYS (Singer/East Rutherford, New Jersey) - "Today is not about the problem, it's more about the solution."

CHRIS ROCK (Comedian/London) - "I pray that this event ends global warming the same way that Live Aid ended world hunger."

PHIL COLLINS (Genesis/London) - "We were asked, and when you're asked to do something like that you've got to come up with an awful lot of reasons to not do it. It's something that affects everybody. These events can bring a lot of attention to something like this."

NEIL FINN (Crowded House/Sydney): "It's the least we can do at this point in the planet's history. It's a groundswell we want to be part of."

JESSE (Japanese rock band RIZE/Tokyo) - "I can't really talk much about being eco-friendly when I'm playing electric guitars that use electricity and drums that are made of wood. But I think we can be aware about not wasting things. My grandmother used to scare me by saying that I'd go blind if I wasted a grain of rice."

ANGELIQUE KIDJO (Benin singer/Johannesburg) - "It's easy to criticize, but what are you doing? Get your butt out there and do something. If we don't do something today, then when there's another tsunami then that cynical person, his arse is going to be on that wave."

CARLO SANTONE (Blue King Brown/Sydney) - "It's a revolution, do it. Do it."

HARRY SHEARER (alias Derek Smalls of Spinal Tap/London): "We're premiering our new song called 'Warmer than Hell', which takes the view of the devil coming to Britain and remarking on how warm it is."

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