One day of praying and six days of fun, the odds against going to heaven are six to one.

Nobody told me you were cheating, it's just a feeling I had. So if I'm right, you got to lie to me, then I won't feel so bad.

Lord, I believe it's raining all over the world.

Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving heart and the second in a laborer's hand.

All I ever want is to return to either Bangladesh, my motherland, or India, my adopted home.

You might not be riding high on a great show for as long because you didn't have people to share the joy with.

You have the nicest window, you know? None of the others can even compete. It´s not flashy like the others, or bleary – your window gives of this nice, quiet light.

I dropped out of college, started playing music. I was going to do what I was going to do and it is what it is.

One can find in the Yiddish tongue and in the Yiddish spirit expressions of pious joy, lust for life, longing for the Messiah, patience and deep appreciation of human individuality.

A careful and sympathetic sense of humour can also be a great asset when there is need to get out of difficult situations gracefully.

Your whole life you are really writing one book, which is an attempt to grasp the consciousness of your time and place– a single book written from different stages of your ability.

The purest magic is in the heart.

Well, I affirm orthodox Christian faith. I affirm the Nicene Creed. I don't think I'm doing anything terribly new.