A performer learns with experience and with age. I did not know the future when I left home and started out to begin my career: I started qawaali; then I met Peter Gabriel and was exposed to a lot of new ideas. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Read Quote
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. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Read Quote
In my opinion, being an all-rounder is good. It is not right that I should be content with qawwali and ignore other forms, since I am basically trained in classical singing. We should be masters of all forms of singing. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Read Quote
It is not necessary that the scion of a singing family, even if he sings, can excel in it. In order to reach his peak he has to work very, very hard. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Read Quote
There should be change – the West should understand our music and culture, and vice versa. With such collaboration, artists can come closer to each other and come to know each other. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Read Quote
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. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Read Quote
People listened to Farsi texts, and to the great texts of our Baba Bulleh Shah, Khwaja Ghulam Farid, Mian Mohammad Bakhsh Jehlmi. People do listen to it these days, but much less than in those days. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Read Quote
My father gave me formal education in raagdari. He died in Lahore in 1964 when I was 13. I was in the tenth year of school, and my father’s brother took me into the qawwali ensemble and started giving me formal education in qawwali. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Read Quote
From childhood, I had been instructed in the tablaa by my father, along with the astaais and antaraas specific to our Gharana. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Read Quote
