Authenticity

“Yo no construyo la música pensando ‘esta canción va a ser un hit’ porque para mí el hit y todo eso tiene que ser una consecuencia.”

“We will do it on the actual location.”

“Does eating African rice with a European spoon make the rice also European?”

“When we think about how we can survive. I think the one and only path toward survival is to maintain our uniqueness.”

“Si je mets de l’eau dans mon vin, je ne suis plus Vahid.”

“همه فوتبالیست‌ها باید حرف رک بزنند، وگرنه ورزشکار نمی‌شوند.”

“The only thing I can do is my thing.”

“How are you going to speak your truth if you're ignoring 50% of you?”

“I never feel that I have to be true to history: I have to be true to my story.”

“Theatre is rooted in the real world, and I think that is probably its greatest strength.”

“I just want to make a tray of good tofu. If people want something else, they should go to the restaurants and shops.”

“This time, I was telling my own story instead of creating characters in my head.”

“I don't act, I relive.”

“做人不是一件容易的事，所以要好好做人，像一个人。”

“I would say it's 20 or 30 percent of me in my songs, but it's not completely me.”

“Jestem w jakimś sensie uosobieniem optymizmu, ale na scenie, nie w życiu prywatnym.”

“I am not being arrogant or narcissistic either. But I know I have to be different from myself instead of competing with others.”

“Let us not mark this anniversary with fine-sounding words, but with deeds.”