"...until the Crusades Islam was indistinguishable from Judaism and... only then did it receive its independent character, while Muhammad and the first Caliphs are mythical figures."

“When I go on the road now, which is less than before, but still more than I'd like to, I think of myself primarily as a singer. Not a songwriter, not a celebrity, just a man who likes to sing.”

“I take around 60 trips a year for business so I can't say that I enjoy the act of travelling itself. I wish I could be transported to my destination without having to go on the journey to get there.”

Source : Source: www.ft.com

“Faith is all that dreamers need to see into the future.”

Source : Jim Stovall (2010). “Today's the Day!”, p.43, David C Cook

“Do whatever you want, and don't worry about what everyone else is into.”

“Poetic justice, poetic justice.. if I told you that a flower bloom in a dark room would you trust it. I mean I write poems in these songs.”

“I love learning, and I think that curiosity is a wonderful gift.”

Source : "Andie MacDowell: Taking Risks, Staying Curious, Agreeing To Disagree". HuffingtonPost Interview, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 23, 2011.

“No generation is interested in art in quite the same way as any other; each generation, like each individual, brings to the contemplation of art its own categories of appreciation, makes its own demands upon art, and has its own uses for art.”

“I like how glasses suggest intelligence instead of broken eyes.”

Source : Twitter post from Jun 29, 2012