The challenge for a good musician is to bring out compositions that seem fresh to the listener, even if the listener has heard the song or the composition before. Ilaiyaraaja More Quotes by Ilaiyaraaja More Quotes From Ilaiyaraaja Life is not what you expect: it is made up of the most unexpected twists and turns. Ilaiyaraaja expect you unexpected life Questioning the origin of music is like asking why the breeze is soothing, why you shiver in exhilaration when the spray from the waterfall hits you. Ilaiyaraaja why like you music In whosever presence you find peace of mind, devoid of fear, only that person can be your guru. Ilaiyaraaja you fear mind peace Music is nothing but sound, and there is no place for value judgement among various sounds. Ilaiyaraaja value nothing place music There is no guru like our own mistakes. Ilaiyaraaja mistakes own like guru For musical compositions to reach a high level and to derive from spontaneity, of course, one has to do the necessary steps to learn the rules and regulations of composing high quality music. Ilaiyaraaja high rules quality music A mother cooking exclusively for her child might be preparing just rice and buttermilk, but it will be immensely tasty. Fast food, on the other hand, may be very tasty, but it has not been prepared exclusively for you, you see. Ilaiyaraaja you cooking mother food In India, most people are not aware or are unconcerned about copyright laws. This has proved disastrous for the music fraternity. Ilaiyaraaja fraternity india music people Music is as vast as the sky, the oceans, the universe. Ilaiyaraaja oceans universe music sky A director should concentrate on his storyline and his characters. Ilaiyaraaja concentrate director his should My practice is to take a sheet, write the song number in the left side, name of the production, and time of recording. Only when I have to fill the name of the singer do we look out to see who is free. When the singers we want aren't there, I end up singing it! That's how I became a singer. Ilaiyaraaja look singing time song Isn't composing music akin to film direction? Ilaiyaraaja direction composing film music When you see the ocean and the infinite, it empties your mind. Ilaiyaraaja your you ocean mind I always felt music to be universal and undifferentiated - Western classical, folk, Carnatic or Hindustani and so on. Ilaiyaraaja folk always universal music For me, my music is part of me, and which is why it seems second nature, and my compositions are instinctive. Ilaiyaraaja why me music nature Good music is made with the help of many musicians who express their joy in the swaras. Ilaiyaraaja musicians good music joy Western, jazz, folk, or tribal music, whatever the form, they all have the same sapta swaras as the basis. Ilaiyaraaja same whatever jazz music Music and religion keep me young. Ilaiyaraaja me music young religion My music is religion, and my religion is music. They are one. Ilaiyaraaja music religion My commercial viability, coupled with my reputation, gives me enough freedom to assert my right as a composer. Ilaiyaraaja me reputation freedom enough
