Devotional Singing Quotes

I used to sing at mata ki chowkis and other religious events, and people loved me.

I'm very soulful. I grew up singing in church. When I sing a song, I like to feel what I'm singing.

I really learned to sing in church, I think, really with emotion.

One is the path of devotion, what in India is called BHAKTI yoga, the path of love and devotion - a Meera, a Chaitanya, dancing and singing, losing themselves completely in the act. When Meera is dancing there is only dance, there is no Meera; the dancer is completely merged into the dance. When Chaitanya is singing and dancing there is no Chaitanya; he has become one with the act.

I knew that I wanted to sing right from the age of four, and till I was 16, I only sang at Mata ki Chowkis.

In church, the music is for everyone. People are singing off tune, loud; they're not ashamed - it's for their healing. That's kind of just what I strive for, that feeling.

Our Feast gatherings, which has spread all over the world, is attended by young people - and they love to sing worship songs.

God loves to hear your singing - so sing.

I was just studying with my father, a very difficult task for me since he was a great, great Qawwali singer.

One can realize God through kirtan alone.

To be a qawwal is more than being a performer, more than being an artist. One must be willing to release one's mind and soul from one's body to achieve ecstasy through music. Qawwali is enlightenment itself.

That's the best worship you can get when the worship leader is there with no other intentions and ready to sing their heart out for the Lord.

You've got to sing from the depths of the heart. Without heart, you cannot be a Qawwal.

Nothing can be more sublime this side of heaven than the singing of this noble Psalm by a vast congregation. It is all ablaze with grateful adoration.

My grandmother and my mother and my grandfather, their style of praying was - all day long, they would pray by singing and humming.

Occasionally, some brother sings very earnestly through his nose, often disturbing those around him, but it does not matter how the voice sounds to the ears of man. What is important is how the heart sounds to the ears of God.

People love to hear the choir sing the hymns.

All the kids had to sing every Sunday to draw in people from the neighboring villages. Every day, we woke up at 5 A.M. to pray and to rehearse the songs. We had no choice!

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.

By singing the Guru's hymns, I, the minstrel spread the Lord's glory. Nanak, by praising the True Name, I have obtained the perfect Lord.