If music wakes you up, makes you think, heals you…then, I guess the music is working.
A. R. RAHMANNo regrets. There is no time for that. Regret is boring.
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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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The music had to be rooted, and yet had to branch out, like the wild imagination of a child.
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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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Music is all about transporting people, speaking a language which languages fail to express.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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All my life I have had a choice of hate and love. I chose love and I am here
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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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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 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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