A. R. Rahman Quotes

The people who know nothing about music are the ones always talking about it.

I do see value in music criticism. Most of the criticism I have received over the years has been very good.

Criticism is something that you have to take, regardless of what you do. Even if you go out there and try to make the most vanilla, non-offensive TV show possible, people are going to criticize you for doing that. It's just part of the game.

It's easy in music to tell what's good. It's hard to tell what's bad.

A musicologist is a man who can read music but can't hear it.

But that's the problem with playing new music sometimes before the record comes out: You have a bunch of yayhoots with opinions.

That does not mean that we must forego just and fair criticism, or refrain from opposition to policies which are debatable or which do not command our approval.

If the scripts are not good, I'll tell somebody, 'This isn't good.'

Good music is good music.

The biggest critics of my books are people who never read them.

You should not say it is not good. You should say you do not like it; and then, you know, you're perfectly safe.

You shouldn't say it is not good. You should say, you do not like it; and then, you know, you're perfectly safe.

Throughout the years I have tried to hone my skills to gain mastery over the music in my head.

Journalists, especially English journalists, were very cruel to me. They said I only knew three chords when I knew five!

When you write an article about anything, trolls use the comments to attack. They feel frustrated - but haters are losers. It's not good to feed this aspect. It's more intelligent to be constructive.

I think Robbie Williams is an utter and complete prat. His last record was a pile of rubbish.

There's only one type of music and that's good music, no matter what genre it is.

It’s a lot easier to be critical of something if you don’t know much about it.

Criticism is fine and conversation is fine, but the person who's criticizing should know what they're saying and whom they're criticizing.

I am very good at remembering music and am absolutely certain that I never heard 'Taurus' until 2014.

To pay attention to flattery or criticism is a waste of time for artists.

I've read some pretty harsh criticisms of my music, but some of them I agreed with and actually sat with me.

I resist lists. It must be all those 'Most Important' and 'Best of the Year' ones I compiled in my years as a beat critic. I often felt guilty about what I left out.

Slipknot is hard work; I don't care what anybody says.

Don Henley is real fallback for awfulness.