“My father was an innovator. He's the first person who sang and set Rumi's poetry into music 35 years, 40 years ago.” YearsFirstsPersonsFatherYears AgoFirst PersonInnovators Author:Hafez Nazeri
“I don't know whether Jews can behave like good Christians, but Muslim Arabs certainly cannot.” KnowsChristianJewBehaveGood Christian Author:Warren Austin
“I grew up in a family that my father was a very, very, a person with so many ideas, so many new visions and dreams. For me to grow up in that family, that also helped me to have a vision to create and open boundaries and things. So I think it's like, it just comes from the family.” ThinkingPersonsIdeasDreamFatherGrowsVisionGrowing UpGrewGrew UpBoundariesVisions And DreamsNew Vision Author:Hafez Nazeri
“There is an ocean of endless opportunities, and there are so many things that one can do. I'm so fortunate that I've grown up with this sort of a philosophy and mentality.” PhilosophyOpportunityCan DoOceanEndlessFortunateMentalityEndless Opportunities Author:Hafez Nazeri
“I'm Iranian and no matter what I do, I'm dealing with politics because especially my music, that it's a music that talks about peace, love, unity.” MatterNo Matter WhatUnityIranianPeace Love Author:Hafez Nazeri
“Since I've grown up I really wanted to be able to create something different. In Persian music, opposite, again, to classical music, that the instrument developed and evolved over, like, hundreds of years, our instrument all remained the same.” YearsDifferentAbleWantedOppositesInstrumentsClassical MusicPersian Author:Hafez Nazeri
“I'm blessed, because I enjoy every part of my life. I enjoy writing songs. I've been trying to write songs since I was five years old.” WritingTryingYearsSongEnjoyFiveBlessedFive YearsWriting SongsFive Year Olds Author:Smokey Robinson
“My philosophy on writing a song for myself is that I always, always, always want to write a song. I always want to write a song. I realize that as a record producer or a singer or whatever I might not, if I recorded on myself or someone else, the first time out I might not give it the right treatment, so that the world or many people will accept it and it'll be a public hit, or anything like that.” PeopleIfsWorldWantGivingWritingFirstsPhilosophyMightSongRealizingAcceptingRecordsFirst TimeSingersProducersTreatment Author:Smokey Robinson
“If some of those people who wanted to ban Beethoven's music could hear the music that's being played today, wow, what would they do, man?” PeopleIfsMenTodayWantedWowBansBeing Played Author:Smokey Robinson
“Beethoven was just music, and it didn't matter if he could hear it or not - he could feel it. He could hear it in his mind. He could write it down hearing it in his mind. He was just music. Yeah, he's one of my favorite writers of all times.” IfsFeelsWritingMindMatterYeahMy FavoriteHearingAll Time Author:Smokey Robinson