Quotes About Understanding

Musically, I just like when people are knowledgeable about music and they can talk to you about it.

I could sing in English before I could understand it because I phonetically learned it from the musicals.

The role of the musician is to go from concept to full execution. Put another way, it's to go from understanding the content of something to really learning how to communicate it and make sure it's well-received and lives in somebody else.

A musician's whole life is to listen.

It is important for the musician to learn as much about the composer as possible and to study the music he has written. Then, even a short piece by Brahms or Chopin can be played with much more understanding.

I'm a country musician. I know how to play jazz, and I can play rock. But I've had to fight my entire career to get a little respect from people who don't understand where I come from.

It's hard to find five musicians who know what the other is going to do before they do it. And that's what we had in GN'R.

I have Muslim members of my family. I have lived in Muslim countries.

People see me as Andre first. Then they see me as someone who happens to be a Muslim.

Not every Muslim is out to get us.

I grew up with a lot of Muslim friends, and the whole idea of revelation has been a lifelong interest of mine.

For a journalist who covers the Muslim world, we have responsibilities to be familiar with that culture and to know how to respond to that.

I think Christians and Muslims should hug each other.

I just want people to see Muslims as human. That's it.

Of course there are peace-loving Muslims.

Muslims are not our enemy.

Liberals, conservatives, Muslims, Jews, Christians, and I find - I think education is something that can bring us together.

Out of 1.6 billion Muslims, perhaps only 300 million actually understand the language of the Koran.

For many Americans, Osama bin Laden is the paradigmatic Muslim, an absurd conviction for anyone who has lived with Muslims.

Most people know Muslims in their community but don't realize it.

I can't talk about Christianity if I don't know it. You can't talk about Muslims or Islam if you don't know it.

We want to counter the idea that Muslims and non-Muslims can't live together. This is not who we are or who we want to be.

If Narendra Modi wants the hearts of two communities to meet, he must first truly love Muslims.

American policymaking in the Islamic world must begin with a foundation of respect for Muslims, especially when they tell us about their faith.