"Hypocrisy is wretched because the hypocrite says with his tongue what is not in his heart. He wrongs his tongue and o…"

"When the Prophet says "brother", we should interpret this as universal brotherhood, which includes Muslims and non-Mu…"

"One of the things that I see in the United States happening, that is troubling to me, is a lot of young Muslims are a…"

"We console ourselves, for the most part, with the superiority of our cultivation, which we consider to be qualitative…"

"It is also important to bear in mind that this present struggle, tremendous and unique as it may seem, is not the fir…"

"My music springs from the soil of the American midwest. It is music of the plains rather than of the city and reflect…"

"As a music theorist, I have always contended that the historical approach to music theory is not enough. The modern t…"

"In music, the great essential after creation itself is communication through performance...it is of immediate and pri…"

"The artistic contribution of any nation and any age must be in terms of creation. Performers, symphony organizations,…"

"The most complete knowledge of tonal material cannot create a composer any more than the memorizing of Webster's dict…"