Music should come from the heart. It should happen. That should be automatic, and if you labour on creating music, it will not have soul. Ilaiyaraaja Read Quote
Thyagaraja was not a professional musician. He did not sing for situations. He was music himself. Ilaiyaraaja Read Quote
I think of the Tamil poet Subrahmanya Bharati every day, and he is an inspiration in my musical creations. Ilaiyaraaja Read Quote
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. Ilaiyaraaja Read Quote
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. Ilaiyaraaja Read Quote
