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Ravi Shankar Quotes

There cannot possibly be a God in heaven watching all of this calmly Picture Quote #1

Enlightenment is the journey back from the head to the heart Picture Quote #1

My secret ambition was always to provide music for animation films: something with an Indian theme, either a fairy tale or mythological tale or on the Krishna theme. I still have a very deep desire, but these sorts of chances don’t always come Picture Quote #1

I don’t appreciate avant-garde, electronic music. It makes me feel quite ill Picture Quote #1

I love the work of Matisse and Picasso, but I don’t have enough millions to own one. And I don’t really believe in owning art, anyway Picture Quote #1

My music has a very spiritual background, a sanctity that is almost like worship Picture Quote #1

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In the U.K., classical music is composed by individuals and written down. Indian music is based on certain sequences called ragas. When I perform live, 95% of the music is improvised: it never sounds the same twice Picture Quote #1

I enjoy seeing other Indian musicians - old and young - coming to Europe and America and having some success. I’m happy to have contributed to that Picture Quote #1

There are thousands of ragas, and they are all connected with different times of the day, like sunrise or night or sunset. It is all based on 72 of what we call ‘mela’ or scales. And we have principally nine moods, ranging from peacefulness to praying, or the feeling of emptiness you get by sitting by the ocean Picture Quote #1

I have great difficulty sitting in the middle of the night and writing. Everything I do comes spontaneous. Sometimes it takes a long time; sometimes it comes just like that Picture Quote #1

In India, I have been called a ‘destroyer.’ But that is only because they mixed my identity as a performer and as a composer. As a composer I have tried everything, even electronic music and avant-garde. But as a performer I am, believe me, getting more classical and more orthodox, jealously protecting the heritage that I have learned Picture Quote #1

When people say that George Harrison made me famous, that is true in a way Picture Quote #1

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Ravi’ means ‘sun.’ It’s a Sanskrit original word. And ‘Shankar’ is another name of Shiva, one of the holy trinity God that we worship Picture Quote #1

Pop changes week to week, month to month. But great music is like literature Picture Quote #1

Everybody has a right to like or dislike anything or anyone. From a flower to a flavor to a book or a composition but it is very sad that in our country we actually fight over such things in an unseemly manner Picture Quote #1

Thank you, if you appreciate the tuning so much, I hope you will enjoy the playing more Picture Quote #1

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There cannot possibly be a God in heaven watching all of this calmly (Ravi Shankar Quotes) Enlightenment is the journey back from the head to the heart (Ravi Shankar Quotes) My secret ambition was always to provide music for animation films: something with an Indian theme, either a fairy tale or mythological tale or on the Krishna theme. I still have a very deep desire, but these sorts of chances don’t always come (Ravi Shankar Quotes) I don’t appreciate avant-garde, electronic music. It makes me feel quite ill. (Ravi Shankar Quotes) I love the work of Matisse and Picasso, but I don’t have enough millions to own one. And I don’t really believe in owning art, anyway. (Ravi Shankar Quotes) My music has a very spiritual background, a sanctity that is almost like worship (Ravi Shankar Quotes) In the U.K., classical music is composed by individuals and written down. Indian music is based on certain sequences called ragas. When I perform live, 95% of the music is improvised: it never sounds the same twice. (Ravi Shankar Quotes) I enjoy seeing other Indian musicians - old and young - coming to Europe and America and having some success. I’m happy to have contributed to that. (Ravi Shankar Quotes) There are thousands of ragas, and they are all connected with different times of the day, like sunrise or night or sunset. It is all based on 72 of what we call ‘mela’ or scales. And we have principally nine moods, ranging from peacefulness to praying, or the feeling of emptiness you get by sitting by the ocean. (Ravi Shankar Quotes) I have great difficulty sitting in the middle of the night and writing. Everything I do comes spontaneous. Sometimes it takes a long time; sometimes it comes just like that. (Ravi Shankar Quotes) In India, I have been called a ‘destroyer.’ But that is only because they mixed my identity as a performer and as a composer. As a composer I have tried everything, even electronic music and avant-garde. But as a performer I am, believe me, getting more classical and more orthodox, jealously protecting the heritage that I have learned. (Ravi Shankar Quotes) When people say that George Harrison made me famous, that is true in a way (Ravi Shankar Quotes) Ravi’ means ‘sun.’ It’s a Sanskrit original word. And ‘Shankar’ is another name of Shiva, one of the holy trinity God that we worship. (Ravi Shankar Quotes) Pop changes week to week, month to month. But great music is like literature (Ravi Shankar Quotes) Everybody has a right to like or dislike anything or anyone. From a flower to a flavor to a book or a composition but it is very sad that in our country we actually fight over such things in an unseemly manner (Ravi Shankar Quotes) Thank you, if you appreciate the tuning so much, I hope you will enjoy the playing more (Ravi Shankar Quotes)