Indian music Quote by Rabindranath Tagore

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

— Shobhaa De

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

— Richa Chadha

When Indian musicians play a raga it's very restrictive. But, in a way these restraints are essential to liberate yourself through them, if that…

— John McLaughlin

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

I think it is the variety in south Indian film music that has captured the imagination of even north Indian listeners.

— Devi Sri Prasad

“The Sama Veda of India contains the world’s earliest writings on musical science. The”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

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

“Show me that you can divide the notes of a song; But first, show me that you can discern Between what can be divided…

— Siddhartha Mukherjee

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

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

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