Ilaiyaraaja Quotes

Ilaiyaraaja

Profession : Musician

Birth : June 2, 1943

When directors tell me they want a song like one, I tell them no song should be like another. I don't listen to directors.

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In my early years, I would be in the studio till 11 P.M. Come home, have bath and dinner, and write music till 2 A.M. I would wake up by 4, sit down to do my music, and be at the studio at sharp 7 A.M.

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Many ask me why I work with debutants, but I always tell them that there's space for every one in the industry, and if my music helps him, then I'm glad to be of some help. I will never say no to deserving newcomers.

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Government should take necessary steps to add music into school syllabus and impart knowledge to the students.

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People forget themselves in my music. It's amazing.

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Questioning the origin of music is like asking why the breeze is soothing, why you shiver in exhilaration when the spray from the waterfall hits you.

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Music is nothing but sound, and there is no place for value judgement among various sounds.

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I always felt music to be universal and undifferentiated - Western classical, folk, Carnatic or Hindustani and so on.

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The challenge for a good musician is to bring out compositions that seem fresh to the listener, even if the listener has heard the song or the composition before.

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Music has the power to divert the violent minds.

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Western, jazz, folk, or tribal music, whatever the form, they all have the same sapta swaras as the basis.

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I had difficulty in grasping how music was made for films. It was a huge learning curve and the toughest phase of my life.

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Anyone who holds a pen these days thinks he or she is a poet.

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Taking legal action against pirates is a headache for artists like me.

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One could work on a lot of albums such as 'Thiruvasagam in Symphony,' but with issues such as illegal downloading from the Internet and piracy, it is difficult.

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Isn't composing music akin to film direction?

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No saint in the world lived like the great saint Ramana Maharishi. They say Jesus Christ was resurrected and rose again from the dead. But there's no proof of it. Ramana Maharishi is the only Mahan who has resurrected in life, and that, too, at the age of 16.

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Till 2010, there was one national award for Best Music Direction. I have received it thrice - for 'Sagara Sangamam,' 'Sindhu Bhairavi,' and 'Rudraveena.'

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Good music is made with the help of many musicians who express their joy in the swaras.

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My practice is to take a sheet, write the song number in the left side, name of the production, and time of recording. Only when I have to fill the name of the singer do we look out to see who is free. When the singers we want aren't there, I end up singing it! That's how I became a singer.

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