All songwriters are links in a chain.

Long live teachers of children, because they can show children how they can save the world.

Sometimes you find an old tune so good you can use it several times for different purposes.

I feel that my whole life is a contribution.

According to my definition of God, I'm not an atheist. Because I think God is everything. Whenever I open my eyes I'm looking at God. Whenever I'm listening to something I'm listening to God.

My job, is to show folks there's a lot of good music in this world, and if used right it may help to save the planet.

There is an old Arabic proverb, 'When the king puts the poet on his payroll, he cuts off the tongue of the poet', so throughout the ages, people in power have liked to control music, they used to throw songwriters in jail throughout history, and were assassinated.