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
Someone like my father will improvise as much as 90% of the music in concert, but with me it's maybe 10 to… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
As far as using electronics in my music, I have to do that as honestly as possible. Also, I have a broad… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
Music is my passion, it's my fun - but what's really important are the people I build a family with. That comes… — 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 have been given something really, really special and really unique, and it is not just in and of itself having learned… — 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
I work in the music world in a kind of very multi-faceted way. I work around the world, in different genres. — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
There is no everlasting power in the music of today. Everyone is running after record sales. — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
I just felt drawn towards the kind of music that really needed a strong female presence female writers, female producers, female figures… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
Parenting put music in the right place for me. Touring was always the first priority before, but it isn't any more. And,… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
I think all kids are creative, so I wouldn't say my kids are geniuses. But they immediately respond to music. And they've… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
I hope it isn't exclusively true, but I often find that collaboration is the best way... to reach my highest musical place.… — 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
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
When I work on someone else's record, I'm happy to alter the way I approach it, if I happen to like who… — 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
As a child I'd sit at dinner parties with artists, authors and musicians, some of the best people in their fields. I… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
Writing for a film means the music has to serve the film, the narrative. — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
My memories of mealtimes are a real bleed of music and food. Music never really stopped in the music room, because everyone… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
There is great strength in vulnerability, as it takes courage to push through the fear and share one's true self with others.… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
Alchemy is one of the good quote-unquote south-Asian experiences in that it has a wide variety of classical to experimental music. — 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
In a studio context, the music becomes greater than the sum of its parts. When you have collaboration, you have other people'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 Image
I would say 'Home' is a lot richer and deeper than my earlier classical. — 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 no longer… — 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 a wild… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
