"As far as my creative urge is concerned, I do sit down and write my own music...I'll tell you a writer who I think is a genius: Ray Stevens. He comes up with some of the most fantastic novelty ideas. Dolly Parton also writes well. I like a lot of songs, a lot of writers."

Source: Boutros Boutros-Ghali: The world is his oyster. Interview with Gamal Nkrumah, weekly.ahram.org.eg. January 10-18, 2006.