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From childhood, I had been instructed in the tablaa by my father, along with the astaais and antaraas specific to our Gharana.

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

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I like to experiment with my voice, besides music.
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Experiment Music Myself Voice
There is a famous musician, Peter Gabriel, who has used my voice in the movie, ‘The Last Temptation of Christ.’ He used my song in the background.
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Ground Himself Movie Music Voice
I was just studying with my father, a very difficult task for me since he was a great, great Qawwali singer.
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Difficult Father Greatness Himself Study
It is not necessary that the scion of a singing family, even if he sings, can excel in it. In order to reach his peak he has to work very, very hard.
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Family Hard Necessary Order Reach Sing
Yes, you’ve got to sing from the depths of the heart.
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Deep Heart Sing Yourself
I am not a Sufi, but I follow the Sufi.
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Follow Music Myself Religion
I do listen to other music though, and try to pick up what is good.
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Goodness Listening Music Myself
A man learns all his life and dies the day he thinks that he has learnt everything.
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Himself Learning Life Man Thinking
There are two languages that I love: Farsi and Panjabi. Because the depth of Sufi thought in these two languages cannot be found in any other language.
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Depth Finding Language Love Music Myself
Yes, I tried to change the classical style in a way that people who don’t understand it can enjoy.
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Change Classic Enjoyment Myself Style Understand
When people start dancing, they dance like they don’t know they are doing it.
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Dance People Start Unknown
As the times change, people change, and so do their tastes, so I try to understand what the public wants, what they require. I have tried to make the music a bit easier for them to understand.
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Change Myself Public Taste Time Try Understand
You’ve got to sing from the depths of the heart. Without heart, you cannot be a Qawwal.
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Deep Heart Music Sing Yourself
I also like Western classical music and jazz.
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Music Myself Preference Type
My father gave me formal education in raagdari. He died in Lahore in 1964 when I was 13. I was in the tenth year of school, and my father’s brother took me into the qawwali ensemble and started giving me formal education in qawwali.
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Death Education Father Formal Himself Music Myself
A performer learns with experience and with age. I did not know the future when I left home and started out to begin my career: I started qawaali; then I met Peter Gabriel and was exposed to a lot of new ideas.
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Age Beginning Career Future Ideas Myself Performance Start

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