There is no everlasting power in the music of today. Everyone is running after record sales. — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
I would not want to do anything that would take away from my career in music. I will always be a musician… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
I listen to many forms of music. And I come from a very particular style and tradition of music, which has certain… — 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
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
I try and approach other music with sensitivity. And, if it's music I don't know, I try and work with other people… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
My mother is an amazing vocalist and a lot of my grounding in music has come from her. She was a student… — 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
I suppose if you make enough money with one album, you can relax the rest of your life. I would rather go… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
Writing can flow out when I'm feeling something strongly, whether that's joy, pain, fear, desire or anything else. The challenge is actually… — 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
