Author Profile
Ilaiyaraaja
1943 • Indian • Musician
60
Total Quotes
Collected Meditations
Showing 60 quotesQuestioning 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.— Ilaiyaraaja
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.— Ilaiyaraaja
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.— Ilaiyaraaja
Ideally, the music composed these days should sound much better because of the technology, right? But that's not the fact. The sounds that you hear out of technological recording are programmed sounds coming out of a computer.— Ilaiyaraaja
I come from a small village and have had no formal training in music or any classes from the masters of Indian classical music.— Ilaiyaraaja
The dictionary contains thousands of words on Tamil music. I am not familiar with most of the words, but it shows the rich past of Tamil music.— Ilaiyaraaja
Government should take necessary steps to add music into school syllabus and impart knowledge to the students.— Ilaiyaraaja
Art is a unifying language for all of us from across the world, and it transcends boundaries.— Ilaiyaraaja
My commercial viability, coupled with my reputation, gives me enough freedom to assert my right as a composer.— Ilaiyaraaja