I wanted to sell a million records, and I sold a million records. I wanted to go platinum; and I went platinum. I've been working nonstop since I was 15. I don't even know how to chill out.

Every generation has its defining works. More than 300,000 people worked to put a man on the moon - including that janitor. Millions of volunteers immunized children around the world against polio. Millions of more people built the Hoover dam and other great projects. These projects didn't just provide purpose for the people doing those jobs, they gave our whole country a sense of pride that we could do great things.

It is the docile who achieve the most impossible things in this world.

I have records in gold, in platinum, I have two Oscars, I have Grammys and so on.

Civilization owes to the Islamic world some of its most important tools and achievements...the Muslim genius has added much to the culture of all peoples.

Being acknowledged for your work is always a great accomplishment, whether it's people in my city, kids in the street, all the way up to the Grammys.