Arjun Janya Quotes

We could ask artists from abroad to come in too, so that there could be a mixing and matching of skills from Europe, America and here which would widen our world.

As a Japanese actor, I really want to work with a lot of actors and actresses in the world and many directors who have many different kinds of talents. I feel like nationally doesn't matter at all.

Art is collaboration: we are artists all over the world. I believe that people are always going to watch Hindi films... that's never going to die, but I think it's amazing that collaborations like that are happening.

Working with so many people from all over the world is extremely enriching and stimulating.

And it's very strange, but I think there is something very common - not only in Celtic music - but there is a factor or element in Celtic music that is similar in music that we find in Japan, the United States, Europe, and even China and other Asian countries.

I think traveling the world has helped to keep Public Enemy alive. We've never solely depended on the United States.

I'll say this, I'm no stranger to working with a foreign cast, foreign directors, that sort of thing. I love it, because I think that when you have people from different countries, it sort of brings everyone together, it's more of a worldly film.

It always struck me that Africa was, in a strange way, a futuristic place and had elements and vibes and spirits that were going to inform the future. Africa Express is an attempt to engage that power outside Africa, and for everyone to benefit from it.

Ah, the bond between English boys and California girls. For those of us who aren't either, it's a bond that fascinates and mystifies. So much of the world's favorite music comes out of that relationship.

I'm finding that I'm working with more and more Latino artists, and that's exciting.

I'm definitely not pushing to find who can I write with or produce with, but of course I'm open to something if it comes up.

I've shot all over the world with crews from all over the world. The work ethic is the same. Bollywood is my career; it's what I do.

I like a lot of international people. Julie Taymore, the American director - she's one of the most exciting directors I've seen.

There are not many musicians from India who are working internationally in pop. My aim is to change that and show the world that we have so much more to offer.

I love L.A. partly because it feels like there are so many parts of the world in this city.

American music is a powerful ingredient in international music, and as much as it comes from within, it also comes from without.

It is a challenge to work away from India and with a cast and crew from all over the world. But it's also very gratifying, and you learn so much by just being with them.

I feel like, genre-wise, the walls are coming down in Nashville. There are so many writers who have moved to town from all walks of life. There's this immense respect for country, but there are pop songwriters, R&B. Nashville has become sort of this go-to writing city for every genre.

Movies affecting music has caused me to collaborate a little bit better.

I don't want to make music only for Latinos. The idea is always to make a global sound.

The international music scene has grown so much, and America is sort of following that.

Up until the rise of electronic music, if you were a musician in Portugal or Germany or Italy or Japan, and you didn't sing in English, you really were limited: You could be successful in the country where people understood your language. The world of electronic music is completely international. You have DJs from Finland making huge records for people in New Zealand, DJs in South Korea making huge records for people in France. By the fact that it doesn't cost anything to make, and that it transcends language, nation it accidentally accomplishes a lot of really remarkable things.

Timbaland uses a lot of Indian music and that has certainly familiarised me about the music of India.

We've incorporated different sounds from different countries and genres, and we've explored widening the range of our music.

I kept thinking about how ironic it is how people who live in places where there is diversity tend to love it - and the people that don't live in particularly diverse places tend to be the ones attacking it. In a way, that's similar to music, which is essentially the art of bringing things together.