I do believe that if it's meant to be, it will be. Luckily for me, things worked out.

I do believe that if it's meant to be, it will be. Luckily for me, things worked out.

You can not apply mathematics as long as words still becloud reality.

You can not apply mathematics as long as words still becloud reality.

I suppose he is putting bums on seats, but he has been getting a wee bit personal with some of read more

I suppose he is putting bums on seats, but he has been getting a wee bit personal with some of the things he has said. He keeps saying it will be a war, but he has got me more fired up than I've been for any fight and we'll see how he copes when I meet him in the middle of the ring. I think I'm too good and too hot for him to handle. He's never been at this level before and he's in for a shock.

It's tough because it happened so fast. At one point we were up there, and now we're at the bottom. read more

It's tough because it happened so fast. At one point we were up there, and now we're at the bottom. It's tough to swallow right now. ... Things aren't always gonna go your way. That's the only way I can really look at it. Some things we can control and some we can't.

[In the ante room, under a tapestry of a gorgeous Imam Hussein Muzzaffar Salak (] people call me Ali ... read more

[In the ante room, under a tapestry of a gorgeous Imam Hussein Muzzaffar Salak (] people call me Ali ... Three of the prayer leaders were martyred during the Iran-Iraq war [of the 1980s].

It's a little daunting, a little troublesome.

It's a little daunting, a little troublesome.

Although I enjoyed writing Film Music it was always a means to an end, in that it enabled me to read more

Although I enjoyed writing Film Music it was always a means to an end, in that it enabled me to keep a wife and family and write my classical music, which has always been my passion.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

Try to keep order and security so that there will not be any negative side effects. Try to be polite, read more

Try to keep order and security so that there will not be any negative side effects. Try to be polite, use good language and avoid scuffles as befits a revolutionary Iranian Muslim.