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

My music is for the world. Let them enjoy it.

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

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.

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.