My parents both renounced their material lives and were living as monks at an ashram in L.A. when they met each other. So we were always raised in this environment and when we moved to the ashram in Florida it… — Taraka Larson Copy Share Image
When we moved to Florida we experienced it on a communal level, in a more structured religious setting, with temples and different worships. That sense of community is very much interconnected with music for us, and thinking of music as… — Taraka Larson Copy Share Image
I listen to pop music and it sounds like mantra to me, there's this power to it. There's also something to be said about… — Taraka Larson Copy Share Image
There are a lot of unspoken things with me and Nimai [Larson]. We're very yin and yang, neither one of us really treads on… — Taraka Larson Copy Share Image
I feel like utopia is neither here nor there. It's in that sort of space where you feel the most present, and that can… — Taraka Larson Copy Share Image
I had this crazy, a bit of a near-death experience in Estonia. I had these visions of the future but I was in this… — Taraka Larson Copy Share Image
Nimai [Larson] and I are very psychically connected to each other, I guess just being sisters, so as soon as we started watching sports… — Taraka Larson Copy Share Image
We [with Nimai Larson] listened to hardly any music except Hare Krishna music growing up and the occasional Garth Brooks that our babysitter would… — Taraka Larson Copy Share Image
The way that music is approached in the temple is very call and response; it breaks down that barrier between performer and audience. — Taraka Larson Copy Share Image
I know people within the Hare Krishna community look at pop music as secular, different, and something separate from spiritual music but for me,… — Taraka Larson Copy Share Image
I feel like with our shows it always feels weird to be performers on stage and not engaging in audience interaction in some way… — Taraka Larson Copy Share Image
My parents joined in the 60s and at that time it was really important - there was a group mentality. I could be pulling… — Taraka Larson Copy Share Image
My parents both renounced their material lives and were living as monks at an ashram in L.A. when they met each other. So we… — Taraka Larson Copy Share Image
I always look at that stuff as something that's not a separate entity from the music but a visual representation of the music. I… — Taraka Larson Copy Share Image
![“There are a lot of unspoken things with me and Nimai [Larson]. We're very yin and yang, neither one of us really treads on each other's toes. She's this wizard of the rhythm world, and I know nothing about that, but I can dabble with melody and lyrics and that's something she doesn't really have…” quote by Taraka Larson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b54/taraka-larson-28711_complement_there-are-a-lot-of-unspoken-things-with_456474.jpg)
![“I feel like utopia is neither here nor there. It's in that sort of space where you feel the most present, and that can be on tour [or] at home. It's easier to get to that place on tour because your environment is constantly changing, and from a very primal, evolutionary perspective, you have…” quote by Taraka Larson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/45d/taraka-larson-28711_access_i-feel-like-utopia-is-neither-here-nor-t_709773.jpg)
![“Nimai [Larson] and I are very psychically connected to each other, I guess just being sisters, so as soon as we started watching sports videos we thought, "Oh yeah, we could totally get into this zone.” quote by Taraka Larson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/920/taraka-larson-28711_connected_nimai-larson-and-i-are-very-psychically_1028968.jpg)
![“We [with Nimai Larson] listened to hardly any music except Hare Krishna music growing up and the occasional Garth Brooks that our babysitter would play for us. From a very early age, we looked at music as mantra based, very cyclical, and having no linear time.” quote by Taraka Larson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ad6/taraka-larson-28711_age_we-with-nimai-larson-listened-to-hardly_1275307.jpg)
