“Your best success comes after your greatest disappointment.”

The search is more important than the destination.

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.

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

Where the sky begins, the horizon ends, despite the best intentions.

Don’t do your best, do whatever it takes.

Negotiating means getting the best of your opponent.

Life is a great and noble calling, not a mean and grovelling thing to be shuffled through as best as we can but a lofty and exalted destiny.

It is not the first time that men sell their birth right for a dish of lentils, and thus disown (or repudiate or deny) the best of thmeselves.

I surround myself with strong willed, courageous personalities, because I’ve got to be coached by the best.

I acknowledge my beauty and my flaws, I do my best to keep it one hundred with the woman in the mirror so making friends is actually easy.

Either black people end up being the best in sports, or else it’s show business. You know, we all got rhythm.