I lived with my teacher and he was my father and he practiced every day so I practiced every day and we… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
My father had a sitar made for me that was half the size of a normal one. — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
My mother is half Malayali and half Tamilian. I can speak Bengali and Tamil, but can't read or write. — 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 think it's helped me to have two unconventional parents, who have always encouraged me to be myself. — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
You know, I think becoming a parent has really changed the way that I feel impacted by what's going on in the… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
I always had musicians in my band having children, and their wives were the ones at home taking care of the kids.… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
Even though my parents raised me in a very individualistic way, they were also strict and traditional, which was good. It was… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
I ate Bengali food after my parents married and Dad started living with us, in both Willesden and in Delhi for three… — 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
My father taught me to play the sitar when I was seven years old. He and his elder disciples oversaw my teaching… — 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
Home' was a special album for very specific reasons. It is an homage to my father. And it is the first classical… — 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
As a disciple of my father's, I was certain I wanted to include one of his own raga creations on 'Home', as… — 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
Occasionally, if I'm in doubt over specific Indian classical or raga-related questions, I'll find myself going back to my lesson tapes or… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
My father was a pioneer and a leader in the things he did and the way he did them. — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
My parents were very unusual. They were pro-women and independence and they wanted me to have my own career. And because of… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
Even though my father had a really successful career before the '60s, that kind of insane pop-culture splash that happened was so… — 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
