When I sing for God, I feel myself in accord with God, and the house of God, Mecca, is right in front of me. And I worship. When I sing for Mohammed, peace be upon him, our prophet, I feel like I am sitting right next to his tomb, Medina, and paying him respect and admitting to myself that I accept his message.

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A man learns all his life, and dies the day he thinks that he has... by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

A man learns all his life, and dies the day he thinks that he has learnt everything.

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To be a qawwal is more than being a performer, more than being an artist. One must be willing to release one's mind and soul from one's body to achieve ecstasy through music. Qawwali is enlightenment itself.

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People say that love is easy, but love spares nothing and no-one. by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

People say that love is easy, but love spares nothing and no-one.

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He's my elvis. I idolize Nusrat, he's a god, too by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

He's my elvis. I idolize Nusrat, he's a god, too

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Nusrat is one of the greatest singers of our time. When his singing takes off, his voice embodies soulfulness and sprituality like no other.

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The musical instuments may be western but my voice never wavers away from my own ragas. it is good to make experiments and I do a lot of them but my thoughts always round the centre and that centre is the tradition of my elders and it is classical music...

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I was just studying with my father, a very difficult task for me since he was a great, great Qawwali singer.

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I have a daughter, she's twenty years old. by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

I have a daughter, she's twenty years old.

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When people start dancing, they dance like they don't know they a... by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

When people start dancing, they dance like they don't know they are doing it.

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I also like Western classical music and jazz. by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

I also like Western classical music and jazz.

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He didn't want me to become a musician, he wanted me to be a doctor, because he said singing was too hard.

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As the times change, people change, and so do their tastes, so I try to understand what the public wants, what they require. I have tried to make the music a bit easier for them to understand.

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There are two languages that I love: Farsi and Panjabi. Because the depth of Sufi thought in these two languages cannot be found in any other language.

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You've got to sing from the depths of the heart. Without heart, y... by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

You've got to sing from the depths of the heart. Without heart, you cannot be a Qawwal.

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From childhood, I had been instructed in the tablaa by my father, along with the astaais and antaraas specific to our Gharana.

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I am not a Sufi, but I follow the Sufi. by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

I am not a Sufi, but I follow the Sufi.

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Yes, you've got to sing from the depths of the heart. by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Yes, you've got to sing from the depths of the heart.

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Yes, I tried to change the classical style in a way that people w... by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Yes, I tried to change the classical style in a way that people who don't understand it can enjoy.

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I do disagree with the way videos of my songs have been made. 'Afreen Afreen' is a very powerful song; it did not require such a video. The emphasis should be on the song. Again, I have told my recording company, and in the future, they will screen the video only after my approval.

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I like to experiment with my voice, besides music. by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

I like to experiment with my voice, besides music.

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