“Your inner voice is the voice of divinity. To hear it, we need to be in solitude, even in crowded places.”

In my case, dust has become gold: Today, I work with people I grew up admiring.

When you do something with a lot of honesty, appetite and commitment, the input reflects the output.

I was a common man, and I will always remain a common man. No amount of stardom will ever consume my soul. Money comes, money goes. Fame comes, fame goes. I believe every human being is a celebrity in their own right.

The idea of music is to liberate the listener and lead him to a frame where he feels he is elevated.

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.

While other creators make a big show of their art Mani Sir makes it look as though anyone can do what he does.

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.

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.

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.

There is only one of the two that can reside in our hearts, GOD or ego. If GOD is in ego is out.

I like music that is able to stir my soul. My music is a spiritual exercise

I love classical music. I love a lot of musicians playing together and the whole culture of that, whether it’s Indian or it’s Western.

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.

Your best success comes after your greatest disappointment.

There 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.

All my life I have had a choice of hate and love. I chose love and I am here

I hated singing and getting up in front of crowds.

It’s just people should realize that the celebrity aspect of being an actor is very rarely enjoyable for people like me who would always rather go unnoticed and disappear into the crowd.

The greater the silence, the greater meaning it carries. The greater crowded, the greater loneliness. The greater love, the greater pain.

Come out of the masses. Stand alone like a lion and live your life according to your own light.

The crowd…a cacophony of colour.

I still find myself searching the crowds for your face.

I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.

I have never wished to cater to the crowd; for what I know they do not approve, and what they approve I do not know.