I was admired by all these hippies, and it was wonderful playing at Monterey and Woodstock, performing for half a million people. Ravi Shankar Read Quote
I do think that my Indian classical audiences thought I was sacrificing them through working with George; I became known as the ‘fifth Beatle.’ In India, they thought I was mad. Ravi Shankar Read Quote
The music that I have learned and want to give is like worshipping God. It’s absolutely like a prayer. Ravi Shankar Read Quote
I appreciate very much Vilayat Khan, the sitar player, and Bismillah Khan, the shehnai player; and among the tabla players, of course, Alla Rakha, Kishan Maharaja, and all these people. Ravi Shankar Read Quote
Ah, ‘Pather Panchali’ was the most inspiring film that I wrote music for, and it was so spontaneously done. I saw the film, composed on the spot, along with myself and only four other musicians, and everything was done within 4-1/2 hours, I think an all-time record anywhere. Ravi Shankar Read Quote
I enjoy seeing other Indian musicians – old and young – coming to Europe and America and having some success. I’m happy to have contributed to that. Ravi Shankar Read Quote
My brother had a house in Paris. To it came many Western classical musicians. These musicians all made the same point: ‘Indian music,’ they said, ‘is beautiful when we hear it with the dancers. On its own, it is repetitious and monotonous.’ Ravi Shankar Read Quote
I don’t appreciate avant-garde, electronic music. It makes me feel quite ill. Ravi Shankar Read Quote
Everybody has a right to like or dislike anything or anyone. From a flower to a flavor to a book or a composition but it is very sad that in our country we actually fight over such things in an unseemly manner. Ravi Shankar Read Quote
