Always Quote by Ilaiyaraaja

Maybe I'm genetically more inclined to music - but the music I make is so far removed from Indian classical music. I grew up…

— Norah Jones

I've got this diverse education, growing up in classical music and existing between that and music that is more visceral, so for sure, I've…

— Bryce Dessner

I love the universality of music and how it can viscerally connect people from culture to culture, regardless of anything. It kind of levels…

— Alanis Morissette

I love classical music. I love a lot of musicians playing together and the whole culture of that, whether it's Indian or it's Western.

— A. R. Rahman

My singing is not Hindustani classical or too western. It is a balance of Indian and western music. That's the kind of music I…

— Amaal Mallik

I always feel like music should be a universal language.

— Melanie Fiona

I have observed, too, that the people of the many countries that I have visited are showing an ever increasing interest in the classical…

— George Crumb

Music is in every country and every culture around the world. It's universal.

— Mark Hoppus

Classical music is something that we're very passionate about, but we always thought it was presented in a stuffy way.

— Aleksey Igudesman

Though music transcends language, culture and time, and though notes are the same, Indian music is unique because it is evolved, sophisticated and melodies…

— Dayananda Saraswati

I basically love classical music. I love a lot of musicians playing together and the whole culture of that, whether it's Indian or it's…

— A. R. Rahman

I think some of the best music throughout the actual history of music itself came from cultures where they're not really looking for outside…

— Jon Bellion