The idea of music is to liberate the listener and lead him to a frame where he feels he is elevated.
A. R. RAHMANThe 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 love the voice – it’s the most perfect instrument ever heard. It’s God given.
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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 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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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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You can’t be without passion. Passion means the possessiveness to be the best.
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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 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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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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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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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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I like music that is able to stir my soul. My music is a spiritual exercise
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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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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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