One of my interests is to understand what constitutes the vibe of a place and what makes one concert different from another.

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 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.

The odds are stacked against us until we realize: We make the odds.

It is the roof that fights the rain, but the builder who gets all the glory.

For children who depend on mentally escaping into their minds to survive, imagination can become both refuge and desert island.

I love fast cars... and to go too fast in them.

Being part of a patriarchal society, it kind of helped me figure out what I was all about.

And pomp, and feast, and revelry, With mask, and antique pageantry, Such sights as youthful poets dream On summer eves by haunted stream.

Mercy was more frightening than murder, because it was harder, and Randa didn't deserve it. And even though she wanted what the voice wanted, she didn't think she had the courage for it.

Let philosophy resolutely aim to be as scientific as possible, but let her not forget her strong kinship with literature.

If you aren’t practicing and playing to be first, then maybe you shouldn’t be an entrepreneur.

If a man says he is not afraid of dying, he is either lying or is a Gurkha.