Henry Flynt Quotes

Indian classical music is charming and currently there are a wide range of musicians who bring great classical tunes to the Bollywood industry.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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 love to simplify the ragas and use them in my music as much as possible.

I am a trained singer in Hindustani and classical music.

I am really very fond of Indian classical music though I have spent my teenage years in Bahrain.

I would say that the most complex style of singing comes from India. Real, classical Indian music produces probably the best technical and natural singers in the world, just because the patterns and the inflection are so complex in how the style moves and what it requires vocally. I think the best classical singers come from India.

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

The more I got into playing guitar, the more I enjoyed music, and the broader my listening became. The instrument itself became important to me, and I started messing around with classical guitar and took classical lessons.

Popularity gets up people's noses. But I understand the importance and the function of popular music. There is an artistic purpose. Popular music helps people to develop a curiosity and leads them towards classical music.

In India, I have been called a 'destroyer.' But that is only because they mixed my identity as a performer and as a composer. As a composer I have tried everything, even electronic music and avant-garde. But as a performer I am, believe me, getting more classical and more orthodox, jealously protecting the heritage that I have learned.

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.