Amit Trivedi Quotes

When I began competing with the other artists in New York, I discovered classical North Indian music.

Indian classical music was born when time barely existed. It developed further within the structures of royal courts and a system of patronage where the ruler or the feudal master determined all.

I had been interested in Indian music and I actually started studying Tableaus before I met him.

From when I first started listening to music, M. S. Subbulakshmi has been one of my biggest influences. She poured her heart and life into everything she sang.

I can't escape crooning the 'Mitwa... Kahe Dhadkan Tujhse Kya' number wherever I perform. Basically, I am a classically rooted musician.

I'd play with these Indian players, the tabla and sitar.

I appreciate very much Vilayat Khan, the sitar player, and Bismillah Khan, the shehnai player; and among the tabla players, of course, Alla Rakha, Kishan Maharaja, and all these people.

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.

A. R. Rahman is truly India's Mozart. His music is celebrated worldwide.

As a teen, I enjoyed Sufi music and ghazals the most. But as my career began, I drifted off to playback and other streams over the years.

I know what tablas sound like, because my father played a lot of Ustad Ali Akbar Khan.

I don't listen to Bollywood music much. But yes, I listen to Indian music quite often, and other non- film music.

Many people, especially young people, have started listening to sitar since George Harrison, one of the Beatles, became my disciple.

One single raga can be performed for two hours, three hours.

I've been writing Indian music for a while. Indian music is about Mother Earth, and mine is no exception.

Though music transcends language, culture and time, and though notes are the same, Indian music is unique because it is evolved, sophisticated and melodies are defined.

I like African music, and I'm a huge Ravi Shankar fan.

The origins of Indian classical music, not unlike their western counterparts, lie in the Vedas, the ancient Hindu scriptures of 2,000 years ago.

From childhood, I had been instructed in the tablaa by my father, along with the astaais and antaraas specific to our Gharana.

I am extremely lucky I have done so many songs with Lata Mangeshkar.

I come from a very strenuous, strict, disciplined classical music background. My grandfather, noted Carnatic classical exponent Dr. Sripada Pinakapani, was a Padma Bhushan recipient.

As an artist, I am for non-film music as well. I want that to shine as much as Bollywood.

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.

I'm a huge fan of Chennai - the culture, the musicians, the audience... Language is not a barrier. It is all about the emotion in the music.

My personal favourites include J. J. Cale, R. D. Burman, Mehdi Hassan, and Ghulam Ali.