Authenticity

“I think it's the only time in my life I feel right.”

“Pop isn’t exciting to me anymore. I don’t wanna make it.”

“Otherwise, I’m just a guy with a notebook.”

“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.”

“It's nice to be a star, isn't it? There are glittering lights, people are clapping for you, and you're making a lot of money. Except you really have to know yourself.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Music is about the sound you invent.”

“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。”