I think family dynamics are definitely very interesting. And in my case my sister did get married. She gave my parents a grandchild.

If you don't acknowledge differences, it's as bad as stereotyping or reducing someone.

Indian culture is essentially much more of a we culture. It's a communal culture where you do what's best for the community - you procreate.

We are Muslims. My father would pawn off his Muslim in-laws as Hindus just so that he could get free pancakes.

Voter fraud does just barely exist, while racism, according to the Supreme Court, is a thing of the past.

If you choose to be a Muslim then you believe that it is on some level wrong to show the image of the Prophet Muhammad.

I thought [when I was 16] my days were just going to be spent hanging out on a beach and my girlfriend was going to be Miss Teen USA and my best friend will be a dolphin.

I've always said I'm the worst representative of Muslim-Americans that's ever existed, because I've been inside more bars than mosques.

When you're brown and Indian, you get offered a lot of doctor roles.

People lament that there's no roles being written for South Asian or Muslim characters. But their parents don't want their children to go into the entertainment field. You don't get it both ways.

It's an organic thing that I try not to analyze too much, because I worry that it will go away.

The second level of prayer is seeking.

I believe that music is another form of news. Music is another form of journalism to me so I have to cover all the areas with my album.

The first need of being is endurance; to endure with gladness if we can, with fortitude in any event.

While sincerity is to carry the weight of knowledge in the self, it is also to be the lightness of being clean.

Every three or four shows, we have somebody that will come up onstage and propose marriage.

I don't own a jet, but I rent jets in my spare time. That's the quickest and most comfortable.

If I were asked to define the Hindu creed, I should simply say: search after Truth through non-violent means. Hinduism is a relentless pursuit after truth.

Hypertext, as Nelson [Ted Nelson] originally wrote, is interlinked reading and writing. Links make hypertext.

Some people just see the glory and they don't want to know about the story.

Admire as much as you can. Most people do not admire enough.