We are all going to perform no matter where it is and we really have not let that get to us at all."

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

"I think there are many who realize that constantly imposing demands on the Iranians which they either have no intention or the capacity to fulfill for domestic political reasons has not gotten us very far over the last three or four years,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.19

"We are really sad that he is no more with us," "Many pop singers, like all our pop singers, they have some kind of influence and they,to some extent, have followed his ideas and compositions, and so it's a big time loss."

VOA: standard.2009.06.26

"To have us back away from those in order to get some kind of engagement seems to me, makes no sense because appeasement has never worked before and it seems to me to fly into that danger zone of appeasement, which is not wise policy,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.28