I am the kind of person who does not like to carry baggage. In fact, I don't go back and listen to my own music. I believe in closing chapters and moving forward. That's what gives me peace.
Interpretation
Letting go of the past is essential for personal peace and growth.
In this quote, A. R. Rahman emphasizes the importance of moving on from past experiences and not being weighed down by emotional or mental baggage. By closing chapters in life and focusing on the present and future, one can find true peace and fulfillment.
In practice
During a motivational speech about overcoming challenges.
I want young Indian composers to be able to do more than just film music. I want to give them the skills that will enable them to create their own palette of sounds instead of having to write formulaic music. It doesn't matter if they become sound engineers, producers, composers or performers - I want them to be as imaginative as they like.
Music knows no barrier of age or culture. It isn’t about being politically correct or even making a statement. Music is what appeals to the ears and touches your soul.
In my case, dust has become gold: Today, I work with people I grew up admiring.
A good film demands its own score, and if you are a musician, your conscience will never allow you to do something mediocre for a good film.
My music is mostly for the music. And it gives the liberty to do anything which I want. And nobody limits me to one genre of music. But I learn from life and I try to give back to life, in a way, whether it's the thought of the song or whether it's the approach to the arrangement or anything.
A musician is a professional, whether he or she is successful or not. The profession itself must be regarded as a stable job.
I insist on a lot of time being spent, almost every day, to just sit and think. That is very uncommon in American business. I read and think. So I do more reading and thinking, and make less impulse decisions than most people in business. I do it because I like this kind of life.
My business skills have come from being guided by my inner self - my intuition.
A wise man first thinks and then speaks and a fool speaks first and then thinks.
Once a fight has started, if you get involved in thinking about what to do, you will be cut down by your opponent with the very next blow.
Estragon: I'm like that. Either I forget right away or I never forget.
Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before.
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