Anoushka Shankar Quotes

I was born, for instance, incapable of appreciating music.

It's always been a gift with me, hearing music the way I do. I don't know where it comes from, it's just there and I don't question it.

But I did go to music really early on, even when I was 4 or 5, I was responding to music probably in ways other kids were not.

God gives different people different gifts, and there are some people that can listen to an instrument and within a fraction of a second tell, you know, where it's off key or what note doesn't resonate correctly.

I have a good ear for music.

I have huge respect for the musical aptitude and intellect of listeners in India. They appreciate genuine, quality music.

I think some people just have an innate musical ability, and I'm lucky enough to be one of those people.

I cannot say what I think is right about music. I only know the rightness of it.

I don't actually have a lot of discipline. I've worked hard at music. But I feel like you know, I felt like kind of natural at it. I always had a knack for it.

He has Van Gogh's ear for music.

My big brother Ryan was funny and unfailingly kind. He was one of the most talented musicians you might encounte, and had a prodigious ability to pick up any instrument and play it by ear within the span of a single day.

I finally realized that not only was I passionate about music, but I had a unique way of thinking of music.

Ever since I was a little kid, my ears and my hands would talk to each other very well, so I could pick up instruments quite easily.

I actually think that I'm a genius; not to toot my own horn or anything, but I think I'm a musical genius.

I knew I loved music, and I knew that I could feel music. So, I knew I had rhythm.

You just need the ear. But the ear is something, I guess, that you can't buy. And I can't play the piano fluently, but I feel like my ear is my strong point.

An ear for music is very different from a taste for music. I have no ear whatever; I could not sing an air to save my life; but I have the intensest delight in music, and can detect good from bad.

I would love to be able to program myself to pick up any instrument and to be able to play it very, very well, and to be able to read music and dance as well. I'm very uncoordinated, and I'd love to be able to bust a really great move.

My big ears indicated a talent for music. This thrilled me.

In aptitude tests, I scored highest in music.

I know I'm a strong performer. I'm not an evolved musician.

I was pretty lucky to get into Berklee at all. I never really had any theory or music-reading capabilities; I was completely by ear.

Someone who knows only music, understands nothing about it.

Frank's bands could play the hardest stuff and make it seem like no big deal.

You can't go to the store and buy a good ear and rhythm.