Shankar Mahadevan Quotes

There is nothing else is India which is as popular as Bollywood. Look at Indian classical music, how big and how respected it is in the West, but here in India, no one is interested.
There is nothing wrong in electronic music or synthesised music.
There is so much talent in the country, and not all of that necessarily is confined to Bollywood. There are some great musicians from the independent music scenario in India making some great music.
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.
Travel is always connected to music, as with travel, we explore the world, and by listening music, we explore ourselves.
We cannot blame globalisation for diluting our cultural heritage and music, as our music is respected more outside India than here.
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.
When you are busy with all the live shows and bands, world music and jazz music, it takes time to come back and do a pop album. It needs its own length of time.
When you do a pop album, the canvas is completely yours. There is no story situation forced on to your songs - you have the freedom to develop it right from the concept.
When you have music in your life, you can never be lonely.
While the concert is instant communication with the audience, composing is a creative process where a song comes up out of nowhere and then transmits happiness to many, translates into money, fame, or whatever.
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.
Why English music is being taught in some schools? The government should make arrangements to promote Indian classical music among students.
With 'Mirzya,' we went deep into folk music. The film, unfortunately, did not do well because it was not marketed well. But we got freedom to do the music the way we want.
Work on not becoming good but excellent.
You can be successful without learning music, but success has nothing to do with quality.
You can't put a show in a boring format to young kids. They need to relate to it.
You can't run away from the fact that you cannot ignore hard work.
You have to be, become, the musician who can't be replaced.
You will see nowadays TV's Top 20 and Radio's Top 20 tend to be the same. And then there are films that never reach to mass audience, and because of that, their soundtrack also dies a silent death.
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