Steve Marcus was one of the greatest saxophonists in all of music. He truly was able to unite jazz with the popular music of the time.

Over the years I hope I've become more of a musican and less of a guitarist.

All of music is connected, but a lot of people don't see it that way

People like B.B. King told me I was a 'star' and told me I was 'the future of blues' - and Buddy Guy, too, ... They told me, 'You're it, son; go on out there.

John Stowell plays jazz, but he doesn’t use any of the clichés; he has an incredible originality. John is a master creator.

Without pain, there is no call for anger, much less rampaging.

To achieve greatness it simply starts with self-belief.

The only way out of your problems is straight through them.

Queen of arts and daughter of heaven.

The Iranian government as a whole has no relationship with my films. They're not particularly interested, perhaps this kind of cinema is not very interesting to them.

Human beings must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.

If we succeed in empowering girls, we'll succeed in everything else.

We can have whatever it is we choose, I don't care how big it is. You become what you think about, but you also attract what you think about most.

There's something really cool about being able to fly to South Africa and watch one of the most talented African footballers wearing a shoe on the field.

Women are not for using. Women are for loving.