It's very difficult to ignore humanitarian disasters. The royalties from my albums continue to support my charity work.

Music satisfies and nourishes the hunger within ourselves for connection and harmony.

Ever since I became a Muslim ... I've had to deal with attempts to damage my reputation and countless insinuations seeking to cast doubt on my character and trying to connect me to causes, concepts or sayings which I do not and would never wilfully subscribe to.

I had to learn my faith and look after my family, and I had to make priorities. But now I've done it all and there's a little space for me to fill in the universe of music again.

You may still be here tomorrow...but your dreams may not.

You can argue with a philosopher, but you can’t argue with a good song. And I think I’ve got a few good songs.

I tried Zen and Ching, numerology, tarot cards and astrology. I tried to look back into the Bible, and could not find anything. At this time I did not know anything about Islam, and then, what I regarded as a miracle occurred. My brother had visited the mosque in Jerusalem, and was greatly impressed that while on the one hand it throbbed with life.