I like to keep things deceptively simple, but hard-hitting. You can reduce everything to the perfect, essential harmony. It's what used to be done with earlier music like Gregorian chants.
We probably, as primitive people, made music before we actually had a language, and that's where language comes from.
The human voice deployed to recite the Vedas and later aid the temple dancers was paramount before any instruments emerged.
Singing connected with movements and action is a much more ancient, and, at the same time, more complex phenomenon than is a simple song.
You know the drum was the first instrument besides the human voice.
The origins of Indian classical music, not unlike their western counterparts, lie in the Vedas, the ancient Hindu scriptures of 2,000 years ago.
The sarangi, the ney flute are pretty ancient instruments.
Coming in solemn beauty like slow old tunes of Spain.
I mean, in rock music terms I'm like a dinosaur.
I suppose that when I started to play the lute it was fairly esoteric.
A lot of church music really inspired me. A lot of ancient music that's made for God. If you get really into the history of music, inevitably you're going to have to get into sacred religious music.
It was by music that the ancient kings gave elegant expression to their joy. By their armies and axes they gave the same to their anger.
This music has been around since before the beard on Moses. I happed to do it very well and I happen to have a lot of groovy songs that I know people are going to dig. I know more about it than you do.
After that I won a prize, I was with a group of ancient music of Spain that they helped me a lot with a grant, you see, during three years. And so I made my debut in 1944 and I found myself helping my family, it was a very poor family.
I'd like to do some more classical work if I do some more theatre.
Music is thousands and thousands of years old and I don't think that basic, primitive connection to the language of music ever changes.
The music industry was invented, like, 100 years ago. I'm talking about the goddess Matangi, who invented music 5,000 years ago. She was the only thing that inspired me.
Even in ancient times, people would unite to a beat. Now we have the internet and events worldwide, our frequency can be shared. Everyone can express themselves to the planet.
