When I sing for God, I feel myself in accord with God, and the house of God, Mecca, is right in front of me. And I worship. When I sing for Mohammed, peace be upon him, our prophet, I feel like I am sitting right next to his tomb, Medina, and paying him respect and admitting to myself that I accept his message.
He's my elvis. I idolize Nusrat, he's a god, too - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
He's my elvis. I idolize Nusrat, he's a god, too
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
I have a daughter, she's twenty years old. - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
I have a daughter, she's twenty years old.
People say that love is easy, but love spares nothing and no-one. - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
People say that love is easy, but love spares nothing and no-one.
When people start dancing, they dance like they don't know they are doing it. - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
When people start dancing, they dance like they don't know they are doing it.
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 achie… - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
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 achie…
I was just studying with my father, a very difficult task for me since he was a great, great Qawwali singer. - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
I was just studying with my father, a very difficult task for me since he was a great, great Qawwali singer.
He didn't want me to become a musician, he wanted me to be a doctor, because he said singing was too hard. - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
He didn't want me to become a musician, he wanted me to be a doctor, because he said singing was too hard.
I also like Western classical music and jazz. - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
I also like Western classical music and jazz.
The musical instuments may be western but my voice never wavers away from my own ragas. it is good to make experiments and I do a lot of them but my … - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
The musical instuments may be western but my voice never wavers away from my own ragas. it is good to make experiments and I do a lot of them but my …
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