Man may live and man may die searching for the question why. But if he tries to rule the sky, he must fall.

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

I became alienated from this religious upbringing, and started making music. I wanted to be a big star. All those things I saw in the films and on the media took hold of me, and perhaps I thought this was my god: the goal of making money.

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

Music can be healing, and with my history and my knowledge of both sides of what looks like a gigantic divide in the world, I feel I can point a way forward to our common humanity again.

I am confident that, in the end, common sense and justice will prevail. I'm an optimist, brought up on the belief that if you wait to the end of the story, you get to see the good people live happily ever after.

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