In those days a concert was a personal experience. I wanted to be as close as possible to the audience and of course big stadiums didn't enable you to do that. It wasn't my style.

To be what you want to be, you must give up being what you are.

I remember when I was a kid, when I just used to love listening to something again and again and over and over. You know, everybody else got sick of it, but I loved that discovery of music and what it did to my world, to my imagination. And so I started really considering, "Yeah, I've got to do more," for kids, particularly.

I've been smiling lately, dreaming about the world as one. And I believe it could be someday it's going to come.

If you want to be you, BE YOU!

When many astronauts go to space, they see the insignificant size of the earth and vastness of space, and they become very religious, because they have seen the Signs of Allah.

The very first lesson that I learnt from the Qur'an was the message of unity and peace.