Author: Ravi Shankar

Quotes

I will keep playing as long as my body lets me, and as long as I'm wanted by my listeners. Because music is the only thing that keeps me going.

I will keep playing as long as my body lets me, and as long as I'm wanted by my listeners. Because music is the only thing that keeps me going.

- Ravi Shankar

I believe in one thing: that anyone who is able to do something good for someone, I mean, should be praised.

I believe in one thing: that anyone who is able to do something good for someone, I mean, should be praised.

- Ravi Shankar

I started out as a dancer, but gradually became more interested in music.

I started out as a dancer, but gradually became more interested in music.

- Ravi Shankar

I have great difficulty sitting in the middle of the night and writing. Everything I do comes spontaneous. Sometimes it takes a long time; sometimes it comes just like that.

I have great difficulty sitting in the middle of the night and writing. Everything I do comes spontaneous. Sometimes it takes a long time; sometimes it comes just like that.

- Ravi Shankar

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

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

- Ravi Shankar

I have always had an instinct for doing new things. Call it good or bad, I love to experiment.

I have always had an instinct for doing new things. Call it good or bad, I love to experiment.

- Ravi Shankar

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

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

- Ravi Shankar

When people say that George Harrison made me famous, that is true in a way.

When people say that George Harrison made me famous, that is true in a way.

- Ravi Shankar

I don't appreciate avant-garde, electronic music. It makes me feel quite ill.

I don't appreciate avant-garde, electronic music. It makes me feel quite ill.

- Ravi Shankar

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