I like music that is able to stir my soul. My music is a spiritual exercise
A. R. RAHMANWhile 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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In my case, dust has become gold: Today, I work with people I grew up admiring.
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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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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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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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All my life I have had a choice of hate and love. I chose love and I am here
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I wanted to be part of something bigger.
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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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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 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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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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The search is more important than the destination.
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I love the voice – it’s the most perfect instrument ever heard. It’s God given.
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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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