I like music that is able to stir my soul. My music is a spiritual exercise
A. R. RAHMANWhen 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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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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In my case, dust has become gold: Today, I work with people I grew up admiring.
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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 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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People Expect Something New From Me All The Time.And That’s Good It Keeps Me On The Edge
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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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I love the voice – it’s the most perfect instrument ever heard. It’s God given.
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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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No regrets. There is no time for that. Regret is boring.
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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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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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You can’t be without passion. Passion means the possessiveness to be the best.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Music is all about transporting people, speaking a language which languages fail to express.
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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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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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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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The more you know the less you talk.
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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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The search is more important than the destination.
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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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