Dawud Wharnsby quotes - page 2

The Light, The Thunder, The Dunes of Sand, The Sun, The Moon, Man and the land. If we work a little, we might see, if we think and reflect on each rock and tree, there's no measure to all it's worth - sustainable earth. (Dawud Wharnsby)
No more starry eyes from behind these dusty spectacles. I'll wipe them and follow my own shadow for a change.
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I glance reflections of my face everyplace I go, in my mirror and in shop windows, like the lead in my own show. Do I dare look closely? See each wrinkle, scar and flaw?
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I sent an email to my loved one, just the other day, it's sad communication has evolved this way. We use so many words but have so little to relay, as angels scribble down every letter that we say. All the viral attachments sent and passionate insults we vent, it's easy to be arrogant behind user passwords we invent. But on the day the scrolls are laid, with every word and deed displayed, when we read our accounts, I know, for one, I'll be afraid.
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If he could read a line, just understand one sign. Close his mouth and hear the peace of hope and fear, if he could read a line. If he could keep in time.
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Fences and forts with walls and flags, caw caw - they're so funny.
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Truth as clear and blue as the sky we walk under. Love as bright and loud as the lightning and thunder. Peace as pure and white as the moon, so full of wonder. So many different colours of Islam!
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I only feel close to you when I‘m under open sky, I only feel guided when I'm free to question why.
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It was my agenda - value our faith, value our opportunity to grow and better ourselves as believers and citizens of the world. Singing to and for myself and Muslims, I can be more explicate in my lyrics, drawing directly from Islamic sources. Some of my music is naturally a little bit more sensitive to the opinions and feelings of a broader audience - still Islamic in its essence, but more "holistic" and "organic" than dogmatic.
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Someday we'll realize, perhaps much to our surprise, the keys to free a smile have been with us all the while: look for good, and spread that good around.
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Watch the grown ups all twirling with the clock throughout the day. Watch them spinning through the hours while the time hands tick away. They talk and grip the world, as they would catch a falling knife. Reality deceives them 'neath amusing games of life. (Dawud Wharnsby)
All of us, ride on the same bus, shop at the same malls and stores. All of us, debate and discuss, decide and divide what is mine and what's yours.
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If we only knew, the sacred value, And if the might of our pen, is stronger than the swords of men, let us unsheathe our minds, write with our hearts again.
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You've built me a cabin but I want more, and more and more, now build me an office tower with an automatic door. Build me a fence that I can wrap around my state. If anyone tries to break through, I pity his fate.
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The past we've got we must forget. Future hasn't happened yet. Carry this moment in a song. Insha Allah, it won't be long.
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Pictures of politicians preen across our TV screens, pretensions plaques and posters fill our minds and magazines. Promises a burning match, igniting dreams of straw...
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But when it rains, it rains on all our houses, we all get cold when it snows. When a storm rolls in, huddled up against our windows, we all feel the fear when a strong wind blows, While on this earth, we're all of equal worth.
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Your bombs and pens like swords, held high, up to my throat. You have made the cost of blood, as cheap as ink and all I think.
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The world is not a box, there's no lid, no doors, no cardboard flaps or locks, and everything in nature from the clouds to the rocks is a piece of the puzzle of the purpose of mankind, it's a piece of the peace that we'll find.
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All the girls and boys seen preening through school halls, fighting to fit in, games they just can't win, higher education dumbing down a nation, around the square unsure of where we fit in.
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We've got to take a chance, fly by the seat of our proverbial pants. There's so much we can do, out in this world, me and you. There's so much we can improve, if you dig my drift, if you catch my groove. (Dawud Wharnsby)
Dear God I've heard your name from teachers, family and friends, you made the universe and so will live on when it ends. Everyone I know admits they've never seen your face, they're not sure where you live and have no map to the place.
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My programme, The Art of Creative Expression, empowers young people with tools to express themselves. We teach photography, art and drama, but it's not just the medium that's important, it's about what you are trying to say.
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For the record: Though our professional circles did cross-over slightly... I never had the honour or pleasure of meeting Michael Jackson personally, nor did we ever correspond on matters of our professions, personal lives or faiths. ... My approach to faith does not include concepts of "conversion/reversion" or "propagation", so the very idea that I would have even tried to "convert" Mr. Jackson (or anyone else for that matter) to my spiritual perspective, is silly.
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Build me a tomb for when I die, build it 50,000 feet into the sky... Build me a boat I want to discover America, build me a boat to take me to the edge of the seven seas, build me a boat and you can sail along with me, we'll spread our money, power, religion and disease. ...Who are they to say that we own nothing and our lives have gone astray?
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