People say that love is easy, but love spares nothing and no-one.

When I sing for God, I feel myself in accord with God, and the house of God, Mecca, is right in front of me. And I worship. When I sing for Mohammed, peace be upon him, our prophet, I feel like I am sitting right next to his tomb, Medina, and paying him respect and admitting to myself that I accept his message.

He's my elvis. I idolize Nusrat, he's a god, too

When people start dancing, they dance like they don't know they are doing it.

The musical instuments may be western but my voice never wavers away from my own ragas. it is good to make experiments and I do a lot of them but my thoughts always round the centre and that centre is the tradition of my elders and it is classical music...

A man learns all his life, and dies the day he thinks that he has learnt everything.

Nusrat is one of the greatest singers of our time. When his singing takes off, his voice embodies soulfulness and sprituality like no other.

I also like Western classical music and jazz.

I have a daughter, she's twenty years old.