Ravi Shankar Quotes

Ravi Shankar — Indian Musician born on April 07, 1920,

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The music that I have learned and want to give is like worshipping God. It's absolutely like a prayer.

There are thousands of ragas, and they are all connected with different times of the day, like sunrise or night or sunset. It is all based on 72 of what we call 'mela' or scales. And we have principally nine moods, ranging from peacefulness to praying, or the feeling of emptiness you get by sitting by the ocean.

I try to give to my music the spiritual quality, very deep in the soul, which does something even if you are not realizing it or analyzing it - that's the duty of the music.

In the U.K., classical music is composed by individuals and written down. Indian music is based on certain sequences called ragas. When I perform live, 95% of the music is improvised: it never sounds the same twice.

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

Ravi Shankar Quotes

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