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

Music and religion keep me young.

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

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.

A director should concentrate on his storyline and his characters.

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

Do you know it took me 27 years to understand the C major chord on the piano?

Can someone do music for 24 hours at a stretch and never get tired? It's me. Because I don't 'work'. I enjoy what am doing. It's not like a regular job.

I think of the Tamil poet Subrahmanya Bharati every day, and he is an inspiration in my musical creations.

I consider all women as mother. I compose poems for any female considering her as mother.