Quotes by Ravi Shankar

“Everybody has a right to like or dislike anything or anyone. From a flower to a flavor to a book or a composition but it is very sad that in our country we actually fight over such things in an unseemly manner.”

“It is natural to have your favorite actor or actress or musician or composer. But India is the only place where we fight over it.”

“Pop changes week to week, month to month. But great music is like literature.”

“In our culture we have such respect for musical instruments, they are like part of God.”

“My secret ambition was always to provide music for animation films: something with an Indian theme, either a fairy tale or mythological tale or on the Krishna theme. I still have a very deep desire, but these sorts of chances dont always come.”

“We spent the day before with him, and even then he looked so peaceful, surrounded by love. George has left so many precious memories and moments in all our lives which will remain with us forever.”

In our culture we have such respect for musical instruments, they are like part of God.

I have my own spiritual guru, and Im so happy, and I feel so satisfied that I might appreciate many other famous gurus, but, you know, I am not attracted that way because I have found the person.

Pop changes week to week, month to month. But great music is like literature.

Everybody has a right to like or dislike anything or anyone. From a flower to a flavor to a book or a composition but it is very sad that in our country we actually fight over such things in an unseemly manner.