I like music that is able to stir my soul. My music is a spiritual exercise
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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When you do something with a lot of honesty, appetite and commitment, the input reflects the output.
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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 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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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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In my case, dust has become gold: Today, I work with people I grew up admiring.
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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.
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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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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 believe that whatever comes at a particular time is a blessing from God.
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You can’t be without passion. Passion means the possessiveness to be the best.
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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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If music wakes you up, makes you think, heals you…then, I guess the music is working.
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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 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 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 I initially read the script, it goes inside and comes out different things even without commenting on any stuff. And then, those pieces are taken out and then spread out through the movie.
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The search is more important than the destination.
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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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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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I wanted to be part of something bigger.
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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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No regrets. There is no time for that. Regret is boring.
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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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All my life I have had a choice of hate and love. I chose love and I am here
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Your best success comes after your greatest disappointment.
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