"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."
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"Ever since I became a Muslim ... I've had to deal with attempts to damage my reputation and countless insinuations seeking to cast doubt on my character and trying to connect me to causes, concepts or sayings which I do not and would never wilfully subscribe to."
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"I've studied various schools of thought ... I acknowledge that some Muslims consider music prohibited, but I've found a lot of evidence from the life of the Prophet to show that he allowed certainly, but even encouraged, music at certain times ..."
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"If you want to be free, be free, because there's a million things to be."
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"A person who steals bread during a famine is not treated as a thief."
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"I enjoy life. I think I'll enjoy death even more. Life is too confusing."
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"When many astronauts go to space, they see the insignificant size of the earth and vastness of space, and they become very religious, because they have seen the Signs of Allah."
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"It's very difficult to ignore humanitarian disasters. The royalties from my albums continue to support my charity work."
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"From the moment I could talk I was ordered to listen."
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"I'm not the best of you, but I'm not the worst either."
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"Everything I do is for the pleasure of Allah."
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"But when it comes to being loved, she's first/That's how I know The first cut is the deepest."
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"Man is created to be God's deputy on earth and it is important to realize the obligation to rid ourselves of all illusions and to make our lives a preparation for the next life."
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"Love heats my blood, blood spins my head, and my head falls in love."
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"That there's no link between Islam and Christianity and Judaism. There wouldn't be Islam if there wasn't Christianity or Judaism, because it's all one long line of revelation. Seeing it from that point of view it makes you ask yourself why Muslims sometimes separate themselves from that large family that leads to Abraham and, even before that, to Adam. The only answer is that we're conditioned to do it by thinking, Hey, I do things better than he does."
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"There was no division I could see between the essential teaching of all Prophets and wise men of religion."
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"In those days a concert was a personal experience. I wanted to be as close as possible to the audience and of course big stadiums didn't enable you to do that. It wasn't my style."
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"I'm being followed by a moon shadow Leaping and hopping on a moon shadow... Did it take long to find me, I asked the faithful light ...and are you going to stay the night?"
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"The latest horror to hit the U.S. looks to have been caused by people of Middle Eastern origin, bearing Muslim names. Again, shame. This fuels more hatred for a religion and a people who have nothing to do with these events."
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"Because I don't play guitar any more, African harmonies and rhythms have been an inspiration to me. I love the raw origin of the sound. It complements my voice and words naturally."
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