My music is religion, and my religion is music. They are one.

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.

Music is the only medium by which everyone is connected in the world.

In music, there is no country; there is no time.

Composing is an emotional thing.

Music has done much more for me than I have for music.

Your understanding of music depends on your capacity to perceive it.

Only I hold the right to all my songs.

Music is a continuous process. You evolve with every song.

Isn't composing music akin to film direction?

Thyagaraja was not a professional musician. He did not sing for situations. He was music himself.

When you see the ocean and the infinite, it empties your mind.

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

Music has the power to divert the violent minds.

There is no guru like our own mistakes.