And to fight this beast of wrong is what I intend to do. To do otherwise is to sidestp this rabid injustice.

Was I a fool to believe in fate or in some destined illusionary path? I don't know. But we all need something to believe in.

So I resort back to such ideology: we all have a calling. We all have an ultimate purpose. On that is laid before us by destiny or one that is positioned in the crosshairs of our long-term goals.

I've never felt that the American Dream was owed to me. I never felt that I was entitled to this Dream. This is why I laid the cobblestone before me for this Dream to be achieved.

Faith walks simply childlike between the darkness of human life and the hope of what is to come.

Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.

The music industry seems scary to me. I mean the film industry is crazy enough so the music industry to me seems like the wild, wild West. Like I would just never dare.

The biggest surprise in a man's life is old age.

People think you have to be tortured or miserable to write, but I'm finding that I get inspired a lot more these days before I'm happy.

Songwriting and screenwriting aren't that different to me.

I mean, I've been given a terrific life by the audiences who stuck with me all over the world.

The more a man can forget, the greater the number of metamorphoses which his life can undergo; the more he can remember, the more divine his life becomes.

All individuals are different. Some of us just wouldn't be satisfied with just carrying out a routine job and being happy.

I believe however that peace is attainable regardless of the Arabs mentality, society or government.