I love the work of Matisse and Picasso, but I don’t have enough millions to own one. And I don’t really believe in owning art, anyway. Ravi Shankar Read Quote
In the olden days, I believe Mozart also improvised on piano, but somehow in the last 200 years, the whole training of Western classical music – they don’t read between the lines, they just read the lines. Ravi Shankar Read Quote
I think musicians and actors have all these problems, because of the popularity and the opportunity. Ravi Shankar Read Quote
I will keep playing as long as my body lets me, and as long as I’m wanted by my listeners. Because music is the only thing that keeps me going. Ravi Shankar Read Quote
In our culture we have such respect for musical instruments, they are like part of God. Ravi Shankar Read Quote
Ravi’ means ‘sun.’ It’s a Sanskrit original word. And ‘Shankar’ is another name of Shiva, one of the holy trinity god that we worship. Ravi Shankar Read Quote
I have my own spiritual guru, and I’m so happy, and I feel so satisfied that I might appreciate many other famous gurus, but, you know, I am not attracted that way because I have found the person. Ravi Shankar Read Quote
I have great difficulty sitting in the middle of the night and writing. Everything I do comes spontaneous. Sometimes it takes a long time; sometimes it comes just like that. Ravi Shankar Read Quote
