Bollywood music is definitely a big part of Indian music and can be a great way to introduce people to the sound. But I hope to continue to incorporate other types of Indian music into my work.

We are all Malaysians. This is the bond that unites us. Let us always remember that unity is our fundamental strength as a people and as a nation.

Life in this world is short. Let us make use of our lives in the pursuit of happiness and not trouble.

If music wakes you up, makes you think, heals you...then, I guess the music is working.

My greatest strength is the love for my people, my greatest weakness is that I love them too much.

Some people think that as soon as you plant a tree, it must bear fruit. We must allow it to grow a bit.

Your best success comes after your greatest disapponitment

Great men simplify great principles and make them easily intelligible to ordinary men

Music is something that takes you to a world which is very different from the world of hatred,jealousy, and all those negative emotions

All my life I have had a choice of hate and love. I chose love and I am here

Rather than making money I believe in making people happy, all other things are secondary. Money isn't important, creative satisfaction is

Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country?

Wisdom and love never decrease by being shared.

Opportunities are visible to those who are looking for them

You don't have to give birth to someone to have a family. We're all family - an extended family.

Journalism is about covering important stories-with a pillow, until they stop moving.

I write poetry anyway and have for years and years. For me, putting fiction and poetry together is like the best of both worlds.

Compassion is the litmus test and culminating touchstone of a spirituality of Earth.

What did it avail to pray when he knew his soul lusted after its own destruction?

In new situations, I look carefully at appearances. In familiar ones, I glance.

Every day, I wake up, and the first thing I think of is my kids.