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.
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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Your best success comes after your greatest disappointment.
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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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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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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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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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Be original and find your inner voice. The rest will follow.
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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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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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The search is more important than the destination.
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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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I believe that whatever comes at a particular time is a blessing from God.
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I love the voice – it’s the most perfect instrument ever heard. It’s God given.
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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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I wanted to be part of something bigger.
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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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I like music that is able to stir my soul. My music is a spiritual exercise
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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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When you do something with a lot of honesty, appetite and commitment, the input reflects the output.
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