Sometimes when I see a bad performance and people still clap... I wonder if they're clapping because they liked what they saw or because they're happy it's over?

Pursue what catches your heart, not what catches your eyes.

My biggest fear is that the enlightened Arab thinkers are gong to leave the Arab world in search of fresh air: somewhere far away from the sword of the religious authorities.

Sometimes things go wrong. You need to accept that. You need to know that you will be okay. You're amazing. You can have an amazing life if you choose to live it.

Working on my own gave me a chance to take my time and experiment a lot.

Had it lived long, is would have been Lilies without, roses within.

It's true that stammerers can become more adept at sentence construction.

But i think it would drive me more crazy to just go do a movie that I didn't believe in, you know?

But look, I cleared out all y’all that got in the way/And y’all knew that I was ill, but now my doctor is Dre

Why is humanism not the preeminent belief of humankind?

One of my goals from really early on was that if I was ever fortunate enough to be successful in music, I would want to stay the same person and the same songwriter.