He's my elvis. I idolize Nusrat, he's a god, too

A man learns all his life, and dies the day he thinks that he has learnt everything.

People say that love is easy, but love spares nothing and no-one.

Nusrat is one of the greatest singers of our time. When his singing takes off, his voice embodies soulfulness and sprituality like no other.

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

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

I also like Western classical music and jazz.

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.

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

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

Mars tugs at the human imagination like no other planet. With a force mightier than gravity, it attracts the eye to the shimmering red presence in the clear night sky...

There’s one thing you can start doing right now that will change how you communicate with any young human: Remember what it’s like to be one.

I've seen my performances. I don't like them.

I love to do films of all shapes and sizes and feelings and genres. So for me to go from Tomb Raider straight into Dear Frankie, there's nothing that excites me more than to keep mixing it up.

I watch my favorite shows-The Walking Dead, The Office, 30 Rock and Parks and Recreation-on Netflix to unwind. Actually, I eat most of my meals while watching Netflix. It's like my companion.

When I see guys in bars wearing the real fitted kind of Calvin Klein v-neck t-shirts I just want to go up to them and be like, 'Oh, do you work out? Your tricep looks so great - thank you.'

A cookbook is only as good as its poorest recipe.

I will never be a skinny waif as I am physically unable to say "no" to free booze and snacks. Oh well.

Well I think it has always been a mistake to reduce the peace process in Ireland to a decommissioning process.

Words can hurt you. In the larger world, it frames how people think about you, and it can hurt you in lots of little, subtle ways.