Till 2010, there was one national award for Best Music Direction. I have received it thrice - for 'Sagara Sangamam,' 'Sindhu Bhairavi,'… — Ilaiyaraaja Copy Share Image
Many ask me why I work with debutants, but I always tell them that there's space for every one in the industry,… — Ilaiyaraaja Copy Share Image
Right from the 17th century, composers who have taken up music as their means of livelihood went through a hard time financially.… — Ilaiyaraaja Copy Share Image
I truly believe that music or art, in general, is the only thing that can unify a world that is plagued by… — Ilaiyaraaja Copy Share Image
I had difficulty in grasping how music was made for films. It was a huge learning curve and the toughest phase of… — Ilaiyaraaja Copy Share Image
The challenge for a good musician is to bring out compositions that seem fresh to the listener, even if the listener has… — Ilaiyaraaja Copy Share Image
Genuine music, to me, is the one which has no purpose. It should be as natural and as purposeless as the flow… — Ilaiyaraaja Copy Share Image
I come from a small village and have had no formal training in music or any classes from the masters of Indian… — Ilaiyaraaja Copy Share Image
Questioning the origin of music is like asking why the breeze is soothing, why you shiver in exhilaration when the spray from… — Ilaiyaraaja Copy Share Image
Some people love money, and some people love other things. I love music, and we are all lovers. — Ilaiyaraaja Copy Share Image
Government should take necessary steps to add music into school syllabus and impart knowledge to the students. — Ilaiyaraaja Copy Share Image
The dictionary contains thousands of words on Tamil music. I am not familiar with most of the words, but it shows the… — Ilaiyaraaja Copy Share Image
I always felt music to be universal and undifferentiated - Western classical, folk, Carnatic or Hindustani and so on. — Ilaiyaraaja Copy Share Image
Music should come from the heart. It should happen. That should be automatic, and if you labour on creating music, it will… — Ilaiyaraaja Copy Share Image
Western classical music is participative. Look at the number of people who are involved in a symphony. — Ilaiyaraaja Copy Share Image
Music is nothing but sound, and there is no place for value judgement among various sounds. — Ilaiyaraaja Copy Share Image
For musical compositions to reach a high level and to derive from spontaneity, of course, one has to do the necessary steps to learn… — Ilaiyaraaja Copy Share Image
In India, most people are not aware or are unconcerned about copyright laws. This has proved disastrous for the music fraternity. — Ilaiyaraaja Copy Share Image
Branding music as 'for the youth' is only an escapist tendency. Preference in music is only about restrictions of the mind. — Ilaiyaraaja Copy Share Image
I don't believe in making two songs similar. Every composition must have its own unique character. — Ilaiyaraaja Copy Share Image
