I am very sensitive to music, so I can quite easily allow myself to access that space in which I am completely taken over. And you can get quite a reaction out of the crowd when you do that.

When I was growing up, my idea of Led Zeppelin was all epic lasers, castles, and ten-minute drum solos - that sort of thing.

I do understand the perspective of die-hard fans who complain that we don't play the same as the record, but at the same time I think fans are getting an amazing deal.

I have much clearer memories of my time in Egypt: songs on the radio, the rhythms that accompanied belly dancers, the sound of the adhan - the Muslim call to prayer. I just soaked it all up.

In a lot of African instruments, you find a rattle, and sound engineers have a hard time making sense of it.

Sometimes language is not enough.

I think entertainment is a perfectly noble occupation.

I think where you play is important.

I think the origins of music have probably to do with magic and transcendence as well.

I always wanted to know what the music behind some music was, or where it came from, and that gave me a point of reference for understanding the music I was listening to.

I am not scared of making mistakes.

A Christian could even give thanks for Hell because Hell was a threat and a warning to keep him in the right way.

Though I know he loves me tonight my heart is sad his kiss was not so wonderful as all the dreams I had.

Every story is different, so what is a detail in one might not be in something else. Diversity is something I embrace and love about my work.

This House cannot function without an open, accountable, and independent ethics process; and the molestation of that process by the majority is an abuse of power that cannot stand.

I don't make the laws, I just enforce them." "Then remind me to introduce a new set of laws, since the ones we have clearly assume a level of common sense that's lacking.

...as absurd and dishonest as claiming that the trouble with computer games is that they stop people watching television.

When I experienced altered states of consciousness, my whole philosophical structure crumbled, and that terrified me. And what scared me the most was the realisation that death was not the end!

I always tell my critics that if they don't like this theory for helping people - come up with a better one and I'll use it.

Honestly, I think a good film is spiritual, regardless of whether its subject is faith.

If you have the character to hang in there when its tough, you will develop or acquire every other characteristic necessary to WIN in the game of life.