I think I will just use guitar as backing. I’m not doing a traditional folk thing, but a contemporary thing-my own version of folk, if you like.
The spiritual quest was always the predominant aspect of my life. It’s always been there. But there’s also an incredible passion connected to it; it’s not just a dry investigative process. I have been extremely emotional about it, and that comes out in the songs.
There is a powerful need for people to feel that gust of hope rise up again.
Ooh baby, baby, it’s a wild world, it’s hard just to get by upon a smile.
The very first lesson that I learnt from the Qur’an was the message of unity and peace.
I listen to the wind, to the wind of my soul Where I end up, well, I think only God really knows.
Lord, my body has been a good friend But I won’t need it when I reach the end Miles from nowhere, Guess I’ll take my time Oh yeah, to reach there.
I looked at some of the statues of Jesus; they were just stones with no life. When they said that God is three, I was puzzled even more but could not argue. I believed it, simply because I had to have respect for the faith of my parents.
If I make a mark in time, I can’t say the mark is mine.
The greatest legacy is that which benefits the widest number of people for the longest period without limit to value. No one but the Prophet Muhammad was given that role as the seal of God’s message.
I never thought I’d be on the same stage as Kiss.
I suppose that the media and their portrayal of Islam and the almost tribal separations and divisions of the Muslims are the greatest issues confronting Muslims in the United Kingdom.
Communal well-being is central to human life.
Moderation is part of faith, so those who accuse Muslim schools of fostering fanaticism should learn a bit more about Islam.
I’ve returned to being an amateur without any ties or strings attached, which gives me a freedom I never had before.
I became alienated from this religious upbringing, and started making music. I wanted to be a big star. All those things I saw in the films and on the media took hold of me, and perhaps I thought this was my god: the goal of making money.
After embracing Islam in 1977, I considered the majority of underprivileged dark-skinned people of the so-called Third World brothers and sisters in humanity.
I am confident that, in the end, common sense and justice will prevail. I’m an optimist, brought up on the belief that if you wait to the end of the story, you get to see the good people live happily ever after.
Love heats my blood, blood spins my head, and my head falls in love.
I was brought up in the modern world of all the luxury and the highlight of show business. I was born into a Christian home.