Guru Randhawa Quotes

You can't imagine parlor ballads drifting out of high-rise multi-towered buildings. That kind of music existed in a more timeless state of life.

I mean, in rock music terms I'm like a dinosaur.

It was only later on that I became more interested in older music.

Country music is still your grandpa's music, but it's also your daughter's music. It's getting bigger and better all the time and I'm glad to be a part of it.

You can hear the Celtic heartbeat all over Europe and America, from Bing Crosby to Jack White, from the Smiths to My Bloody Valentine, from House of Pain to Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch.

Now we have so many different genres of music, it's amazing to me. Even in the gospel music arena, you've got hip-hop, you got contemporary, urban contemporary, you got traditional, you got neo-soul gospel, you've got all of these different things.

Of course, I follow Bollywood. In fact, it's widely followed in Brazil.

New music is absolutely integral to classical music.

I love traditional music. But in any culture around the world, there is the historic and cultural music and everything that's been passed down and passed down, and hopefully you take that, and then you take it, you know, the next distance, and then somebody else takes it the next distance.

How many of the original songs survive intact from the slave cabins? Probably not many in their original form. Time has transformed them like light in a prism. What we hope to present is a version of those spirituals, and they speak not just to black Americans, but to people worldwide.

House music originated in America, and it has always been around, but I guess it just got a tighter hold on Europe and other parts of the world.

Old music used to mean something. There is none of that today.

Once you're in a particular country, and you're surrounded by musicians who are so adept at traditional music, you suddenly realize how much there is to explore and digest and learn and experience.

It is very disappointing to see the Punjabi music scene of today. The lyrical quality has deteriorated; it is only people like Sartaaj and Gurdas Maan Ji who are sticking to their roots.

I'm very much a traditionalist, but I think it's important to know about tradition so that you can evolve the music you are deciding to make.

When Merle and I started out we called our music 'traditional plus,' meaning the traditional music of the Appalachian region plus whatever other styles we were in the mood to play.

We have to let the younger generations take our music - and approach it the way they want - but just teach them where it all comes from.

I am glad to see the people grooving to and loving the Punjabi tunes. I also personally feel that Punjabi songs have a different vibe and energy, which helps in lifting one's mood completely.

Punjabi songs have been a rage in Bollywood since a very long time. The lyrics' beat and the meaning behind them give an emotional touch to their lives and connects with youth.

Punjabi songs are fun. They help to cheer up the environment and the mood.

The question is not how do we get diversity into bluegrass, but how do we get diversity back into bluegrass?

There's always been a slight twinge of some classical elements in our music.

South America was amazing, very powerful. We didn't imagine they like K-pop there and they loved it!

What I do know is rock and roll and metal never goes away, ever. It took the back seat in America in the '90s. In Japan and South America, it was still really big. I never followed trends, so I don't know the exact function of them.

I've always been attracted to multicultural music. It's where the world is going.