I wanted to be part of something bigger.
A. R. RAHMANThe music had to be rooted, and yet had to branch out, like the wild imagination of a child.
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I like music that is able to stir my soul. My music is a spiritual exercise
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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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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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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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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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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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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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When you do something with a lot of honesty, appetite and commitment, the input reflects the output.
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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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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 more you know the less you talk.
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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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If music wakes you up, makes you think, heals you…then, I guess the music is working.
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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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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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