I had this crazy, a bit of a near-death experience in Estonia. I had these visions of the future but I was in this state where I felt the past, the p…

- Taraka Larson

I feel like with our shows it always feels weird to be performers on stage and not engaging in audience interaction in some way - that exchange of en…

- Taraka Larson

When we moved to Florida we experienced it on a communal level, in a more structured religious setting, with temples and different worships. That sen…

- Taraka Larson

My parents joined in the 60s and at that time it was really important - there was a group mentality. I could be pulling this out of my ass, but I fee…

- Taraka Larson

The way that music is approached in the temple is very call and response; it breaks down that barrier between performer and audience.

- Taraka Larson

We [with Nimai Larson] listened to hardly any music except Hare Krishna music growing up and the occasional Garth Brooks that our babysitter would pl…

- Taraka Larson

I know people within the Hare Krishna community look at pop music as secular, different, and something separate from spiritual music but for me, ther…

- Taraka Larson

My parents both renounced their material lives and were living as monks at an ashram in L.A. when they met each other. So we were always raised in th…

- Taraka Larson

If you repeat something enough it can literally physically change the air particles around you and it can infuse the air with this sacred sound vibra…

- Taraka Larson