Essentials Quote by John McLaughlin

When you learn Indian classical music, sometimes it takes decades to perfect a raga.

— Richa Chadha

“In Indian music, it is not possible to build anything other than the raga basis. We can run away from its fetters, but not…

— Rabindranath Tagore

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 my father's…

— Anoushka Shankar

In the U.K., classical music is composed by individuals and written down. Indian music is based on certain sequences called ragas. When I perform…

— Ravi Shankar

The songs of Raghavan Master are timeless. There are a lot of things that a student of music has to learn from them. He…

— M. Jayachandran

In a certain sense, these were lessons I learned by playing with Indian musicians. The rhythmic forms that they use are very complex, and…

— John McLaughlin

“Indian food is like classical music raga- it takes time to build up to a crescendo.”

— Shobhaa De

Every musician should announce the raga and the sahityam before performing.

— Y. G. Mahendran

The musical instuments may be western but my voice never wavers away from my own ragas. it is good to make experiments and I…

— Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

I've been writing Indian music for a while. Indian music is about Mother Earth, and mine is no exception.

— Jimmy Carl Black

Indian classical music is in my blood.

— Jeet Gannguli

I remember from my earliest years people speaking, you know, in a certain kind of rhythm and telling stories and sharing experiences in a…

— Robbie Robertson