Andy Mineo Quotes

My grandad's a gospel singer, and his children were singers, too. But I don't believe in God in the same way... not religion; it breaks us up too much. The same with musical styles - it breaks people up. I believe they are all one thing - why not put them together?

The ultimate vision is to instate in the Muslim world the notion of multiculturalism, which is part of our heritage and history, part of the fundamental, mainstream ideals of Islam.

You take the best of our tradition as a start, and I'll take the best of Christianity ... From there we can build.

I'd like to see more crossover between white and black music. That's something I've been advocating for years.

The fundamental character of our faith means an extensive diversity is required not only within local community, but between communities.

I'd say that all nations have contact with the truth, and all religions have admirable people.

We don't need this religious cosmopolitanism. It's no good.

Today we must secure not a clash between civilizations, but a reconciliation and bringing together of the values of Islam and Christianity.

It's really rare that an entire genre of music allows an artist from a different genre to come and live there.

Bjork for sure. Definitely, I would like to do like something with Tommy Genesis, too. There's a lot of people actually.

I feel like, genre-wise, the walls are coming down in Nashville. There are so many writers who have moved to town from all walks of life. There's this immense respect for country, but there are pop songwriters, R&B. Nashville has become sort of this go-to writing city for every genre.

The truth is hip hop has always complemented jazz and vice versa, but there's always been this communication barrier that exists based on music to lyrics.

I woud definitely want to collaborate with Indian musicians.

No one faith is necessarily superior to another. All explanations are valid and in some respects when it comes to the big mysteries of life.

There is no denying that working with international artistes gives the music a different feel.

My family was very open. My grandfather was German and a Protestant. My father, a lawyer, was Greek-Catholic and played the violin. My mother was very religious and went to church twice a day. My grandmother was Armenian. So I was raised with three different faiths - that's why I am so open.

I think the Hajj tends to reflect the state of the Ummah. That's one of the things about the Hajj is that you get to see the Ummah. It's a microcosm of the Ummah's condition.

I will say that the power of being a stranger in someone else's religious community has its own lessons, really. It is something like the power of visiting another very happy extended family and being at their table.

Why can't we simply borrow what is useful to us from Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, especially Zen, as we borrow from Christianity, science, American Indian traditions and world literature in general, including philosophy, and let the rest go hang? Borrow what we need but rely principally upon our own senses, common sense and daily living experience.

Gandhi felt fascinated at knowing Christ. He met Christians, and felt let down.

There should be no mosque near Ground Zero in New York so long as there are no churches or synagogues in Saudi Arabia.

We can and should investigate and learn from the wisdom in other religions.

All the religions are true, they just see a different part of the elephant.

Comparative religion is an admirable recipe for making people comparatively religious.

If people invited Muslims into their home every week by way of a TV show would go a long way to making people feel comfortable with Muslims and countering misconceptions about who we are. Plus, of course, that will make it easier for us to impose sharia law across America.