Ali Akbar Khan quotes
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“Real music is not for wealth, not for honours or even the joys of the mind... but as a path for realisation and salvation.”
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“Music is like a river or stream that has come down to us through time, bringing nurture to man's soul. From the past masters, this music flowed to my father and through him to me. I want to keep this stream flowing. I don't want it to die. It must spread all over the world.”
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“Singing instrumental music is most important because, while you play an instrument, you are singing through the instrument... actually, you are singing inside.”
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“Our sages developed music from time immemorial to take shelter in one's true self. Real music is not for wealth, not for honors, or not even for the joys of the mind - it is a path for realization and salvation.”
-- Ali Akbar KhanSource : George Ruckert, Ali Akbar Khan (1998). “The Classical Music of North India: The first years study”, Munshirm Manoharlal Pub Pvt Ltd
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“If you practice for ten years, you may begin to please yourself, after 20 years you may become a performer and please the audience, after 30 years you may please even your guru, but you must practice for many more years before you finally become a true artist-then you may please even God.”
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“Music is the only thing that you can share with a million million people and you don't lose, you gain. It helps you to get energy and to live long, because when your soul is very happy then you don't want to die.”
-- Ali Akbar Khan
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“The moment that any life, however good, stifles you, you may be sure it isn't your real life.”
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Source : Ada Leverson (1962). “The little Ottleys: Love's shadow. Tenterhooks. Love at second sight”
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