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If music wakes you up, makes you think, heals you…then, I guess the music is working.

A. R. Rahman

I like music that is able to stir my soul. My music is a spiritual exercise
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Exercise Music Myself Soul Spiritual
All my life I have had a choice of hate and love. I chose love and I am here
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Choice Hate Life Love Myself
Be original and find your inner voice. The rest will follow.
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Follow Original Voice
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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Intention Movie Myself Silence Sound Travel Watch
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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Easy Fame Money Politics Purpose Success Thinking Time
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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Children Education Myself Play Teaching
When you do something with a lot of honesty, appetite and commitment, the input reflects the output.
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Commitment Honesty Reflection Yourself
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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Goodness Myself Repetition Start Thinking Way
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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Appearance Art Creation Himself
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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Different Emotion Hate Jealous Music Myself Negative World
If music wakes you up, makes you think, heals you…then, I guess the music is working.
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Healing Music Myself Thinking Wake Up Work
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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Country Ideas Myself Personality Positive
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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Design Disturb Drive Myself Sound
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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Basic Drive End Guitar Motivational Song Theme
People Expect Something New From Me All The Time.And That’s Good It Keeps Me On The Edge
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Expectation Myself New People Time
No regrets. There is no time for that. Regret is boring.
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Boredom Regret Time
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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Caste Different Language Mom Music
You can’t be without passion. Passion means the possessiveness to be the best.
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Best Passion Possession Yourself
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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Dedication Fame Head Humble Important Life Money Passion Success Travel Yourself
Music is all about transporting people, speaking a language which languages fail to express.
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Failure Language Music Myself People Transportation
I wanted to be part of something bigger.
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Big Myself Part
Your best success comes after your greatest disappointment.
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Best Disappointment Greatness Hard Time Success Yourself
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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Connection Dreams Music Myself Reason Separate Unity
I love the voice – it’s the most perfect instrument ever heard. It’s God given.
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Instrument Love Myself Perfection Voice
In my case, dust has become gold: Today, I work with people I grew up admiring.
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Admire Gold Growth Myself People
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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Age Culture Music Polite Soul Statement Touch Yourself
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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Believe Consume Fame Man Myself Soul Stardom

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