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.
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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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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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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I wanted to be part of something bigger.
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I don’t even know where mine [Oscar award] is. My mother has hidden it because everybody who comes in wants to take a photograph of it. So what she’s done is she put it inside a suitcase somewhere.
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When you do something with a lot of honesty, appetite and commitment, the input reflects the output.
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Music is language itself. It should not have any barriers of caste, creed, language or anything. Music is one, only cultures are different. Music is the language of languages. It is the ultimate mother of languages.
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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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The music had to be rooted, and yet had to branch out, like the wild imagination of a child.
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Music is something that takes you to a world which is very different from the world of hatred,jealousy, and all those negative emotions
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The more you know the less you talk.
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I love the voice – it’s the most perfect instrument ever heard. It’s God given.
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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.
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I like music that is able to stir my soul. My music is a spiritual exercise
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While other creators make a big show of their art Mani Sir makes it look as though anyone can do what he does.
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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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You can’t be without passion. Passion means the possessiveness to be the best.
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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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My biggest dream to connect people through music has come true. In a world where there are enough reasons to separate us, the Oscars have unified us.
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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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Your inner voice is the voice of divinity. To hear it, we need to be in solitude, even in crowded places.
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Your best success comes after your greatest disappointment.
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The search is more important than the destination.
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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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No regrets. There is no time for that. Regret is boring.
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Sometimes I intentionally cut it off. I just want to be in silence, especially when I’m traveling. I watch movies without sound.
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