The future belongs to us. I think that art is a force that can change the world. — Shahin Najafi Copy Share Image
I lived in the world of poetry and ideas. I thought life was all about art and philosophy. In the military, I suddenly found out about the real world. — Shahin Najafi Copy Share Image
I was a very devout boy and one day I heard the music of an Egyptian Koran singer in the mosque. The melancholy of… — Shahin Najafi Copy Share Image
I'm a musician; I have to perform. I can't give up. I have to be even more courageous. We know that we have a… — Shahin Najafi Copy Share Image
I lived in the world of poetry and ideas. I thought life was all about art and philosophy. In the military, I suddenly found… — Shahin Najafi Copy Share Image
My family thought if I spent time in the military, I'd become more reasonable, a bit calmer. But I've always been extreme in what… — Shahin Najafi Copy Share Image
I trained to become a professional Koran singer, from the age of 14 until I was 18. This involved learning Arabic harmony, breathing techniques,… — Shahin Najafi Copy Share Image
I believe in freedom, I'm for a world without borders. But that's an ideal. On a practical level, I'm for a secular state where… — Shahin Najafi Copy Share Image
The future belongs to us. I think that art is a force that can change the world. — Shahin Najafi Copy Share Image
Nothing is allowed in public, while everything is permitted behind closed doors. — Shahin Najafi Copy Share Image
Fundamentalists can't take a joke. Ever. They want us to blindly obey, parrot everything they do, and believe in their dogmas. — Shahin Najafi Copy Share Image
The most important element of democracy, I believe, is the protection of minorities. — Shahin Najafi Copy Share Image
Iran is hard to understand. Although it is ruled in an authoritarian manner, it's not a state in which everything is controlled from one… — Shahin Najafi Copy Share Image
I actually don't like hip hop much; the music is too clichéd, the subculture, especially the macho strutting of gangsta rappers, isn't my thing.… — Shahin Najafi Copy Share Image
