I love the voice – it’s the most perfect instrument ever heard. It’s God given.
A. R. RAHMANMusic 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 idea of music is to liberate the listener and lead him to a frame where he feels he is elevated.
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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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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 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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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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Music is all about transporting people, speaking a language which languages fail to express.
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Be original and find your inner voice. The rest will follow.
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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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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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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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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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Your best success comes after your greatest disappointment.
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You can’t be without passion. Passion means the possessiveness to be the best.
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