The search is more important than the destination.
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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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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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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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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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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When you do something with a lot of honesty, appetite and commitment, the input reflects the output.
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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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The more you know the less you talk.
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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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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 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 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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The music had to be rooted, and yet had to branch out, like the wild imagination of a child.
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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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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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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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In my case, dust has become gold: Today, I work with people I grew up admiring.
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You can’t be without passion. Passion means the possessiveness to be the best.
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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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Your best success comes after your greatest disappointment.
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I wanted to be part of something bigger.
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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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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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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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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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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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