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.
A. R. RAHMANThe 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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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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Your best success comes after your greatest disappointment.
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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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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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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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The search is more important than the destination.
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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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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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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 wanted to be part of something bigger.
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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 music had to be rooted, and yet had to branch out, like the wild imagination of a child.
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Music is all about transporting people, speaking a language which languages fail to express.
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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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The more you know the less you talk.
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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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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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I believe that whatever comes at a particular time is a blessing from God.
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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 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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No regrets. There is no time for that. Regret is boring.
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Be original and find your inner voice. The rest will follow.
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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 idea of music is to liberate the listener and lead him to a frame where he feels he is elevated.
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