George Harrison became my uncle - not by blood but through love. It's sort of an Indian cultural thing. — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
I love collaborations because they take your music in a different way. — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
I am a very curious person, not just about my life in music. I love arts and creativity. — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
People are more willing to dislike your music and want to find faults in you when you are given opportunities like in… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
I feel 'Love Letters' has been part of a longer journey towards a very simple, international sound in which the sitar is… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
On 'Love Letters', I focused exclusively on songs with lyrics, creating a collection of songs that directly address heartbreak and its ensuing… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
But when culture becomes a baggage, things don't work. What is good about anything that feels like a baggage? I think we… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
I love it that my father is such a classical musician and such a traditionalist, and at the same time has had… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
On 'Love Letters' I focused exclusively on sung music, creating a collection of songs that directly address heartbreak and its ensuing emotions… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
Not every one knows of the connection between the Indian and the Spanish music, but if they do they seem to have… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
I feel a lot closer to music and my relationship with my instrument than I did as a teenager. I have an… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
It is that kind of space, that little space of longing, whether it is in something like romantic love, or whether it's… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
In the last few years in particular, I've found that it's okay to let go of culture rather than hold on to it. And… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share
I would say 'Home' is a lot richer and deeper than my earlier classical. — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share
I feel 'Love Letters' has been part of a longer journey towards a very simple, international sound in which the sitar is no longer… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share
I love it that my father is such a classical musician and such a traditionalist, and at the same time has had a wild… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share
But there was a lot of pressure to achieve and to get things right, whether in school, on stage or with my peers and… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share
The lockdown, in general, left me with a sense of needing to become more independent and instead of being intimidated, I decided to do… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share
Home' was a special album for very specific reasons. It is an homage to my father. And it is the first classical album I've… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share
Someone like my father will improvise as much as 90% of the music in concert, but with me it's maybe 10 to 20%. It's… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share
As far as using electronics in my music, I have to do that as honestly as possible. Also, I have a broad range of… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share
Music is my passion, it's my fun - but what's really important are the people I build a family with. That comes first. — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share
On 'Love Letters' I focused exclusively on sung music, creating a collection of songs that directly address heartbreak and its ensuing emotions in a… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share
I have been given something really, really special and really unique, and it is not just in and of itself having learned from my… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share
Even though my parents raised me in a very individualistic way, they were also strict and traditional, which was good. It was hard to… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share
It is that kind of space, that little space of longing, whether it is in something like romantic love, or whether it's in something… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share
