Ravi Shankar Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)
Ravi Shankar quotes and sayings page 3 (deceased musician born on Apr 7, 1920). Here's quote # 21 through 30 out of the 32 we have for him.
“My music has a very spiritual background, a sanctity that is almost like worship.”
“I will keep playing as long as my body lets me, and as long as I'm wanted by my listeners. Because music is the only thing that keeps me going.”
“I started out as a dancer, but gradually became more interested in music.”
“I was invited for the first Woodstock. Actually, I started the programme.”
“Ah, 'Pather Panchali' was the most inspiring film that I wrote music for, and it was so spontaneously done. I saw the film, composed on the spot, along with myself and only four other musicians, and everything was done within 4-1/2 hours, I think an all-time record anywhere.”
“I do think that my Indian classical audiences thought I was sacrificing them through working with George; I became known as the 'fifth Beatle.' In India, they thought I was mad.”
“Many people, especially young people, have started listening to sitar since George Harrison, one of the Beatles, became my disciple.”
“I have great difficulty sitting in the middle of the night and writing. Everything I do comes spontaneous. Sometimes it takes a long time; sometimes it comes just like that.”
“One single raga can be performed for two hours, three hours.”
“To me, you know, from my childhood I always had a fascination for United States.”
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