Branding music as 'for the youth' is only an escapist tendency. Preference in music is only about restrictions of the mind.

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.

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

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

A director should concentrate on his storyline and his characters.

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.

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

Music and religion keep me young.

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

When you listen to a song, it should make you sit up and wonder, 'Hey, what is this!' or give you an inexplicable feeling of joy or relate beautifully to the music in you.

The performance of a music director should be judged in a holistic manner, which includes songs as well as background score.

To me, music is more like a spiritual seeking that takes one to unknown levels.

Sometimes, entire songs are ready in just about five minutes.

I don't believe in making two songs similar. Every composition must have its own unique character.

Many great composers have died in poverty. I have not faced hardships, like having to struggle for food, thanks to reasonable producers.

The Gen X thinks history is a waste of time. This is instant world where only readymade things are valued.

My commercial viability, coupled with my reputation, gives me enough freedom to assert my right as a composer.

Music is not a subject to be discussed. It has to be experienced.

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