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.

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 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 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.

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.

(the whole world is at thethroat of the world, everybody feels angry, short-changed, cheated, everybody is despondent, disillusioned.)I welcomed shots of peace, tattered shards ofhappiness.

It’s not our mistakes that define us. It’s the lessons we learn that show our true character.

The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a new star.

Because it's our choices that makes us who we are.

Replacing General McChrystal with David Petraeus was a good first step, but more will be needed.

What seems over your head is always under His feet.

Communications is the number one major in America today. CNN had 25,000 applicants for five intern jobs this summer.

If we allow the consideration of heathen morality and heathen religion to absolve us from the duty of preaching the gospel we are really deposing Christ from His throne in our own souls.

If we suppose that many natural phenomena are in effect computations, the study of computer science can tell us about the kinds of natural phenomena that can occur.

A day will come when markets, open to trade, and minds, open to ideas, will become the sole battlefield.