"I started out as a dancer, but gradually……" — Ravi Shankar
"I started out as a dancer, but gradually became more interested in music."
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18 Quotes by Ravi Shankar
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Pop changes week to week, month to month. But great music is like literature.
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Everybody has a right to like or dislike anything or anyone. From a flower to a flavor to a book…
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In our culture we have such respect for musical instruments, they are like part of God.
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I have always had an instinct for doing new things. Call it good or bad, I love to experiment.
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I appreciate very much Vilayat Khan, the sitar player, and Bismillah Khan, the shehnai player; and among the tabla players,…
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In the U.K., classical music is composed by individuals and written down. Indian music is based on certain sequences called…
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I was admired by all these hippies, and it was wonderful playing at Monterey and Woodstock, performing for half a…
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My music has a very spiritual background, a sanctity that is almost like worship.
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I have great difficulty sitting in the middle of the night and writing. Everything I do comes spontaneous. Sometimes it…
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I think musicians and actors have all these problems, because of the popularity and the opportunity.
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When people say that George Harrison made me famous, that is true in a way.
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One single raga can be performed for two hours, three hours.
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