Anyone who holds a pen these days thinks he or she is a poet.
I come from a small village and have had no formal training in music or any classes from the masters of Indian classical music.
Music has done much more for me than I have for music.
There is no guru like our own mistakes.
Ideally, the music composed these days should sound much better because of the technology, right? But that's not the fact. The sounds that you hear out of technological recording are programmed sounds coming out of a computer.
Many ask me why I work with debutants, but I always tell them that there's space for every one in the industry, and if my music helps him, then I'm glad to be of some help. I will never say no to deserving newcomers.
Right from the 17th century, composers who have taken up music as their means of livelihood went through a hard time financially. They were paid only for commissioned works and public performances. And, when their music became famous, orchestras in other cities and countries would pay a small amount to copy the music.
Many great composers have died in poverty. I have not faced hardships, like having to struggle for food, thanks to reasonable producers.
Taking legal action against pirates is a headache for artists like me.
In my early years, I would be in the studio till 11 P.M. Come home, have bath and dinner, and write music till 2 A.M. I would wake up by 4, sit down to do my music, and be at the studio at sharp 7 A.M.
Everyone's music is made of their own life experiences.
Sometimes, entire songs are ready in just about five minutes.
My music is for the world. Let them enjoy it.
Music reigns supreme. It does not need a visual prop. While listening to a number, do you enjoy the tune, or do you enjoy it because you imagine someone singing it? In fact, quite a few hits of mine are from films that no one has heard about. The songs still rule, though.
One could work on a lot of albums such as 'Thiruvasagam in Symphony,' but with issues such as illegal downloading from the Internet and piracy, it is difficult.
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.
Branding music as 'for the youth' is only an escapist tendency. Preference in music is only about restrictions of the mind.
When you listen to a song, it should make you sit up and wonder, 'Hey, what is this!' or give you an inexplicable feeling of joy or relate beautifully to the music in you.
In music, there is no country; there is no time.
When directors tell me they want a song like one, I tell them no song should be like another. I don't listen to directors.
