Real music is not for wealth, not for honours or even the joys of the mind... but as a path for realisation and salvation.

- Ali Akbar Khan

If you practice for ten years, you may begin to please yourself, after 20 years you may become a performer and please the audience, after 30 years yo…

- Ali Akbar Khan

Music is the only thing that you can share with a million million people and you don't lose, you gain. It helps you to get energy and to live long, b…

- Ali Akbar Khan

Our sages developed music from time immemorial to take shelter in one's true self. Real music is not for wealth, not for honors, or not even for the …

- Ali Akbar Khan

Music is like a river or stream that has come down to us through time, bringing nurture to man's soul. From the past masters, this music flowed to my…

- Ali Akbar Khan

Singing instrumental music is most important because, while you play an instrument, you are singing through the instrument... actually, you are singi…

- Ali Akbar Khan