Best quotes by Shankar Mahadevan on Music

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• ‟ To sustain and become a musician of a certain calibre, you need to know and understand music completely. You need to have a good taste in music and should know your good music from mediocre ones.

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• ‟ Travel is always connected to music, as with travel, we explore the world, and by listening music, we explore ourselves.

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• ‟ I have completed 21 years of composing music in Indian films.

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• ‟ I feel there is a song for every occasion, and India is a land full of music.

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• ‟ We have harmonies, folk songs, and compositions attached to each occasion - ranging from birth, harvest, to our festivals. Our country thrives on culture, music, and arts. Musically, ours is a very rich country.

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• ‟ Music is my friend, my constant companion.

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• ‟ Music is so abstract; it is a combination of words and melody.

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• ‟ Lots of musicians from non-filmi backgrounds and from independent bands are making it to mainstream cinema. Even the music directors are experimenting with different genres.

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• ‟ I think times have changed, and there's no dearth of talent in the music industry.

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• ‟ When you have music in your life, you can never be lonely.

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• ‟ Being from a middle-class Indian family, I learned Carnatic music.

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• ‟ I don't think you can have a calculated approach towards learning music.

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• ‟ I always told my children that if they want to be pilot, go ahead and do it, or if they wanted to get into agriculture, I told them that I will support them. But when they chose music, you feel as if those birds have come back home to the nest.

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• ‟ Music in our schools is considered to be an extra-curricular activity in which you teach your students a few patriotic songs and bhajans that children are not interested in.

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• ‟ I have tried to show the influence of folk music in Bollywood, in Tamil movies, in Telugu cinema.

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• ‟ Learning music must be made easy and fun.

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• ‟ Fundamentally, if there is any secret, it is about the need to find that peace and calm in our personal space with music, as most of 'learning music' is about listening to music and practicing over and over again.

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• ‟ Music is all about creativity.

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• ‟ There are two kinds of music: good music and bad music. Both are and will continue to co-exist.

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• ‟ Why English music is being taught in some schools? The government should make arrangements to promote Indian classical music among students.

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• ‟ Despite being a classical musician, I keep poking my nose in other genres of music.

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• ‟ Who are critics? Do they know about music? Have they proved themselves in the field? I remember, when we came up with the music of 'Dil Chahta Hai,' some of the critics said that the songs sounded like jingles.

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• ‟ You can be successful without learning music, but success has nothing to do with quality.

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• ‟ People should feel proud about the music that we have in our country, and that's my objective.

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• ‟ Folk music has been our popular music... There is a myth that youngsters only like heavy metal or rock music, but that's not true.

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• ‟ My basic grammar is in Indian classical music, Carnatic music, and Hindustani music, but I don't believe that that is the only form of music I will learn. I don't believe in that, because I am a very open minded person.

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• ‟ Our sons are the next generation who are more clued into the new trends of music. So if I want to understand the vibe of the new generation, and if I want to stay relevant with time, they are my source of learning.

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• ‟ Music is the highest form of communication.

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• ‟ Economic background should not be a reason for not learning music!

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• ‟ Music heals. Music grows new relations.

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