These three elements are called Qawwali, and they've got to be there.

I have tried to make the music a bit easier for them to understand.

I was just studying with my father, a very difficult task for me since he was a great, great Qawwali singer.

Yes, you've got to sing from the depths of the heart.

On the fortieth day after his death, we held the ceremony, and I performed for the very first time.

I am not a Sufi, but I follow the Sufi.

When people start dancing, they dance like they don't know they are doing it.

He didn't want me to become a musician, he wanted me to be a doctor, because he said singing was too hard.

These three elements are called Qawwali, and they've got to be there.

Yes, I tried to change the classical style in a way that people who don't understand it can enjoy.

I also like Western classical music and jazz.

In his day, the audience was well aware of the music, of the classical beat.

I do listen to other music though, and try to pick up what is good.

I have a daughter, she's twenty years old.

The fact is, you don't know what directing is until the sun is setting and you've got to get five shots and you're only going to get two.

I love going on dates and talking.

I can really waste a lot of time on the Internet.

Genius is one percent inspiration ninety nine percent perspiration.

I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there.

The Democrats' response throughout the healthcare debate? Give the people more statistics.

After taking office, I heard from so many constituents who said Kirkpatrick was never available, failed to respond and accomplished nothing of value... Kirkpatrick had her chance, and she blew it.

The misconception is that standup comics are always on. I don't know any really funny comics that are annoying and constantly trying to be funny all the time.

Every audition that I walk out of where I think I nailed it, I never get that job, ever.

If there's any message to my work, it is ultimately that it's OK to be different, that it's good to be different, that we should question ourselves before we pass judgment on someone who looks different, behaves different, talks different, is a different color.

Reason is mechanical, wit chemical, and genius organic spirit.

I am definitely a Type A personality, always rushing around, trying to do too much, not good at just lying on the beach. But I'm so thankful for everything I have: wonderfully supportive parents and sisters, the best husband in the world, terrific students I love teaching and hanging out with, and above all, my two amazing daughters.

Nationalism is our form of incest, is our idolatry, is our insanity. Patriotism is its cult.

If it is right for men to fight for their freedom, and God knows what the human race would be like today if men had not, since time began, fought for their freedom, then it is right for women to fight for their freedom and the freedom of the children they bear.

If the United States is treating Afghanistan as a sovereign country it has to prove it.

De La Hoya doesn't know about salsa. He should keep on singing mariachis and leave the salsa to me. I'm good at salsa.

I didn't become a footballer to be famous, I became a footballer to be successful. I didn't want to be famous. Now people want to be famous. Why? Why would you want people following you about all day? I couldn't think of anything worse.

Every success in limiting armaments is a sign that the will to achieve mutual understanding exists, and every such success thus supports the fight for international law and order.

To play for your country is the best thing that can happen.

AI will impact every industry on Earth, including manufacturing, agriculture, health care, and more.

I don't like to talk about that McCanles affair. It gives me a queer shiver whenever I think of it, and sometimes I dream about it and wake up in a cold sweat.

Rules help govern and steer a relationship along, so they're good things. But they become bad things when they become the narrow gate though which the relationship must always pass. When this happens, the rules become the basis for the relationship and, in a sense, become a substitute for the relationship.

We have to reform the entire political process. It's got to start with leadership by example.

I had no real education because I was in and out of schools so I decided that I would completely change my look, change my image, change my name and move to New York.