“Music is everybody's business. It's only the publishers who think people own it”

“You think publishing is tough but the music world is ten times tougher.”

“An author who gives a manager or publisher any rights in his work except those immediately and specifically required for its publication or performance is for business purposes an imbecile.”

“The only people who can change the world are people who want to. And not everybody does.”

“There is nothing the Americans can do. Their presence here only fuels the fire of the Taliban hatred. It's as if everybody thinks that Afghans are theirs for the taking. It's as if we're not real people with hearts and minds of our own. It's as if we're animals who need humans to shape us. By Muhammad, I know that if more of us had some education and could read, we would be a mighty force. We could rule our own lives.”

“Music is only a mystery to people who want it explained. Music and love are the same.”