To say a prayer is not enough. One has to believe that it's possible for that prayer to be heard.
There's a similarity between European and North African folk musics.
The whole idea of music, from the beginning of time, was for people to be happy
Music means communication to me. I say 'listen you people out there, listen to my music, let's be one. ' Music is a friend to me when I am lonely, when I am blue. You can't define music 'cause music is cosmos and it knows no barrier or definition. You have to feel music to dig it.
All I can say is that it's amazing what you can accomplish when you're young and foolish.
There's still time to change the road you're on. . .
The past is a stepping stone, not a millstone.
Like many musicians, I don't look back much. . . only concentrate on what music I'm doing, and occasionally look ahead.
Those of you who are not aware of my brilliant career as a stand up comic, I'm not aware of it either so we might well wonder what we're doing here.
I was a stepchild in two different families. The hardest thing about being a stepchild is you know that in some way everything would be easier if you didnt exist.
If you look at the content of songs people write, it's usually about the things they know best.