All my life I have had a choice of hate and love. I chose love and I am here.
Rather than making money I believe in making people happy, all other things are secondary. Money isn’t important, creative satisfaction is.
Be original and find your inner voice. The rest will follow.
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.
Music is all about transporting people; speaking a language which languages fail to express.
You can’t be without passion. Passion means the possessiveness to be the best.
I want to go beyond the restrictions of language, religion and caste, and music is the only thing that allows me to do that.
When you do something with a lot of honesty, appetite and commitment, the input reflects the output.
No regrets. There is no time for that. Regret is boring.
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.
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.
Each one of us has our own evolution of life, and each one of us goes through different tests which are unique and challenging. But certain things are common. And we do learn things from each other’s experience. On a spiritual journey, we all have the same destination.
I love the voice – it’s the most perfect instrument ever heard. It’s God given.
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.
Your inner voice is the voice of divinity. To hear it, we need to be in solitude, even in crowded places.
In my case dust has become Gold.
There are only one of two that can reside in our hearts, GOD or ego. If GOD is in, ego is out.
I believe that whatever comes at a particular time is a blessing from God.
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.
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.