Song Quotes by Ilaiyaraaja

Only I hold the right to all my songs.

— Ilaiyaraaja

Everyone's music is made of their own life experiences.

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

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Music is as vast as the sky, the oceans, the universe.

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

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Music happens. It cannot be made.

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A good mind should tell the difference between noise and music.

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You can realise God as you progress in music; nothing in between.

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Genuine music, to me, is the one which has no purpose. It should be as natural and as purposeless as the flow…

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I always felt music to be universal and undifferentiated - Western classical, folk, Carnatic or Hindustani and so on.

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

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Western classical music is participative. Look at the number of people who are involved in a symphony.

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My parents were simpletons. Everyday living was a big thing in that small village where I was born. They had no clue…

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Western, jazz, folk, or tribal music, whatever the form, they all have the same sapta swaras as the basis.

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Good music is made with the help of many musicians who express their joy in the swaras.

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My perception is that there is no distinction in music as many people perceive. The difference lies in the way you hear…

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Questioning the origin of music is like asking why the breeze is soothing, why you shiver in exhilaration when the spray from…

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When you listen to a song, it should make you sit up and wonder, 'Hey, what is this!' or give you an…

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Many great composers have died in poverty. I have not faced hardships, like having to struggle for food, thanks to reasonable producers.

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Music should come from the heart. It should happen. That should be automatic, and if you labour on creating music, it will…

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The challenge for a good musician is to bring out compositions that seem fresh to the listener, even if the listener has…

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I truly believe that music or art, in general, is the only thing that can unify a world that is plagued by…

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My practice is to take a sheet, write the song number in the left side, name of the production, and time of…

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Music reigns supreme. It does not need a visual prop. While listening to a number, do you enjoy the tune, or do…

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Music is not a subject to be discussed. It has to be experienced.

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Music has the power to divert the violent minds.

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To me, music is that which connects human hearts. It is something that takes you to unknown levels.

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Branding music as 'for the youth' is only an escapist tendency. Preference in music is only about restrictions of the mind.

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

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When directors tell me they want a song like one, I tell them no song should be like another. I don't listen…

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For me, my music is part of me, and which is why it seems second nature, and my compositions are instinctive.

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

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To me, music is more like a spiritual seeking that takes one to unknown levels.

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Music is nothing but sound, and there is no place for value judgement among various sounds.

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