I found a religion that blended scientific reason with spiritual reality in a unifying faith far removed from the headlines of violence, destruction and terrorism.

From the moment I could talk I was ordered to listen.

There is a powerful need for people to feel that gust of hope rise up again.

If you want to sing out, sing out, and if you want to be free, be free, cause there's a million ways to be, you know that there are.

Ooh baby, baby, it's a wild world, it's hard just to get by upon a smile.

Everything I do is for the pleasure of Allah.

I've returned to being an amateur without any ties or strings attached, which gives me a freedom I never had before.