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.
Interpretation
Music transcends age and cultural differences, resonating universally with the human soul.
This quote by A. R. Rahman highlights the power of music as a universal language that transcends boundaries such as age and cultural differences. It emphasizes that music's true essence lies not in societal norms or political correctness, but in its ability to touch emotions and connect people on a deeper, spiritual level.
In practice
During a wedding ceremony where diverse guests are present.
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.
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.
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.
A musician is a professional, whether he or she is successful or not. The profession itself must be regarded as a stable job.
People call me the painter of dancers, but I really wish to capture movement itself.
There's a film you write, there's a film you shoot, and there's a film that you cut - and they're all different.
It's always about the music, never about anything else.
Color helps to express light, not the physical phenomenon, but the only light that really exists, that in the artist's brain.
I paint my own reality. The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration.
For myself, I always write about Dublin, because if I can get to the heart of Dublin I can get to the heart of all the cities of the world. In the particular is contained the universal.
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