My father was an innovator. He's the first person who sang and set Rumi's poetry into music 35 years, 40 years ago.

I'm Iranian and no matter what I do, I'm dealing with politics because especially my music, that it's a music that talks about peace, love, unity.

There is an ocean of endless opportunities, and there are so many things that one can do. I'm so fortunate that I've grown up with this sort of a philosophy and mentality.

I fight evil, and words are my weapons of choice.

A thought that is almost beautiful – a thought that you speak not, but that you cherish within you at this moment, will irradiate you as though you were a transparent vase.

We all flow from one fountain.

the urgent crowds out the essential.

To fight evil is to fight ourselves.

I'd moved to L.A. with my mother when I was 17 or 18. She loved show business and I was young enough that I had no idea what I wanted to do.

What has patriotism come to be but greed and false pride, when the only way it can show itself is by shedding blood to gain gold? More economic advantage, more territory, more power.

Say anything about me, darling, as long as it isn't boring.

Gentlemen, this is the football.

Every top player has his own style, just as every painter has his own personal signature.