Good riddance to bad rubbish.
It's easy to focus on the differences, harder to find the similarities in people.
I feel like I've been blessed to be able to travel with this music, so I always try to get down with the locals.
I think Islam, for me, helped me see how similar we all are. If my views are not traditional it's because of being raised in American society. Things that are taboo in an Islamic society are magnified in this society: drinking, extramarital affairs, all kinds of stuff like that. I have to apply the human aspect of all our culture dictates. . .
If it's in your personality to get out and talk to people, then you get to see what it is that city has to offer, through the people. A lot of the times with your own eyes you don't get to see that.
I try to really take my art serious, and pay attention to detail.
I try not to be preachy, I just try to deal with people on their own level, not to try to talk down or up to a person.
What is it like to fall asleep? What happens? Where do we go? Why don't we remember? Since childhood most of us have wondered about the mystery of sleep.
Almost without exception, blue refers to the domain of abstraction and immateriality.
One thing I always remember: Frustration is built by unmet expectations.
I'm not condemning the Catholic Church - it's too big, it's like condemning a nation and that would be prejudiced.