I wanted to be part of something bigger.
A. R. RAHMANThere were basically three themes. One was the sun theme which is the guitar when he’d get sun on his leg and it comes again in the end. And there’s of course the lullaby which Dido sang, “If I Rise.” And then there’s this driving guitar which is the motivation theme.
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I love the voice – it’s the most perfect instrument ever heard. It’s God given.
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The more I compose, the more I know that I don’t know it all. I think it’s a good way to start. If you think you know it all, the work becomes a repetition of what you’ve already done.
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All my life I have had a choice of hate and love. I chose love and I am here
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I think I would like to discover a new root where people don’t get bored with people singing boring lines but something exciting. That’d be interesting.
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That’s a sound design thing but then we wanted to do music that would not disturb it and at the same time drive it.
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Music knows no barrier of age or culture. It isn’t about being politically correct or even making a statement. Music is what appeals to the ears and touches your soul.
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If music wakes you up, makes you think, heals you…then, I guess the music is working.
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Rather than making money I believe in making people happy, all other things are secondary. Money isn’t important, creative satisfaction is.
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The idea of music is to liberate the listener and lead him to a frame where he feels he is elevated.
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After a point of time, when you get success and fame, money and everything, the purpose of life has to be redefined. For me, I think that purpose is to build bridges. Artists can do that very easily, more than politicians.
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I want to go beyond the restrictions of language, religion and caste, and music is the only thing that allows me to do that.
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Success comes to those who dedicate everything to their passion in life. To be successful, it is also very important to be humble and never let fame or money travel to your head.
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The best way would be education and kids and all that stuff and then education and working education comes through. Then I started a music school and the music school now teaches kids to play the violin and the viola.
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There have been predictions that the world will come to an end on 21.12.12. But I look around me and I see so much scope for hope.
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There is only one of the two that can reside in our hearts, GOD or ego. If GOD is in ego is out.
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