The greatest things in life always come with a chance of great loss

You haven't lived life to the fullest until you've found something worth dying for

You'll never be as OK with the thought of dying as you are in the moments when you know that you are truly living

It is good to be willing to stand as a hero, but you must also be willing to fall as a hero

When I think of existence, I cannot help but wonder, "What is life, anyway?" Where do I fit in the grand scheme of life? What is the point of it, anyway? Is this a test—and if so, am I passing it?

As different as a moonbeam from lightning, or frost from fire.

Develop your soul into independence!

Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul.

The single most important thing is to make people happy. If you are making people happy, as a side effect, they will be happy to open up their wallets and pay you.

A reasonable amount of fleas is good for a dog; it keeps him from brooding over being a dog.

To see what isn't true is easy. But to see what is true will take some doing.

To be honest with my music... for me to expect anyone to connect it has to come from a place of honesty.

Better ten days of love than years of regretting.

Sometimes we make duaa for a door of dunya. When it doesn't open, we cry. Not realizing that Allah has instead opened a door of jennah for us.