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.
A. R. RAHMANI like music that is able to stir my soul. My music is a spiritual exercise
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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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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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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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If music wakes you up, makes you think, heals you…then, I guess the music is working.
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The more you know the less you talk.
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I like music that is able to stir my soul. My music is a spiritual exercise
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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 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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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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Your best success comes after your greatest disappointment.
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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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I believe that whatever comes at a particular time is a blessing from God.
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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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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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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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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.
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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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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 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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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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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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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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I am a big admirer of Sachin and his personality. He is a source of inspiration for the country and just looking at his photographs gives a lot of positive vibes.
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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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You can’t be without passion. Passion means the possessiveness to be the best.
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I love the voice – it’s the most perfect instrument ever heard. It’s God given.
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