To interact means being among others, and taking others into account in a way, to act.

It is one thing to be a virtuoso, but a different thing to play with compassion.

Whatever we can do to just give people a sense of hope in the face of what seems like hopelessness. That's a small thing that an artist can do sometimes.

I like the idea of the objecthood of music being destabilized by process and things like improvisation. That's what empowers us; that's how we make each day new as players, as people.

What we call music is what reminds us of ourselves. And sometimes electronic music helps lead the imagination to a space that seems outside of ourselves. But it never really is.

I want to make sure that I represent a variety of backgrounds and that represents the reality out here in the world.

Resonance is a physical process through which similarities are highlighted.

This is the last sentence of my dissertation: "What is soul in music if not powerfully embodied human presence?"

I make a lot of music with other desis - that's hugely important to me, but it can't be the sum total of who I am and what I do. It's not accurate; it doesn't reflect my life experience.

My music is always called "cerebral." It is a way of saying I'm Asian, and therefore everything I do is brainy.

Don't you think you're quite young?''I'm twenty-one, ' said Brida. 'If I wanted to start learning ballet, I'd be conseidered too old.

I hold this to be the highest task of a bond between two people: that each should stand guard over the solitude of the other.

Trust what is not known to your Mind. Trust what is known to your Heart.

Everything you do on set is directly related to your imagination when you read the script for the first time.

In Aleppo we had the missile itself, and the material, and the sample from the sand, from the soil, and samples from the blood [of chemical weapons].

Every ball went exactly where I wanted it to go until the ball that got me out

Men to whom God is dead worship one another.

I never wanted to change countries; it's something that is part of me.

Being human means having doubts and yet still continuing on your path.