If music wakes you up, makes you think, heals you…then, I guess the music is working.
A. R. RAHMANThat’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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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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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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When you do something with a lot of honesty, appetite and commitment, the input reflects the output.
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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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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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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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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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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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You can’t be without passion. Passion means the possessiveness to be the best.
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The more you know the less you talk.
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The search is more important than the destination.
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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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The idea of music is to liberate the listener and lead him to a frame where he feels he is elevated.
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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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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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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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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 music had to be rooted, and yet had to branch out, like the wild imagination of a child.
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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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In my case, dust has become gold: Today, I work with people I grew up admiring.
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I like music that is able to stir my soul. My music is a spiritual exercise
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No regrets. There is no time for that. Regret is boring.
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I believe that whatever comes at a particular time is a blessing from God.
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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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Music is all about transporting people, speaking a language which languages fail to express.
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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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