A. R. Rahman Quotes
I listen to everything. As I told you, sometimes I just want to shut off from music and be silent. Then I play a song and it's refreshing. It's almost like initializing yourself. Recently I was in South Africa doing a press day for my tour. I listened to this band called "Freshly Ground." They were doing a live gig there so that's the last thing I've heard.
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I'm kind of a sucker for the retro-diagnoses.
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People always think I hate doing interviews. I don't. I wouldn't do them if I didn't like them.
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I try to get a degree of realism in my music.
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At a certain age it just became apparent to me that this was probably the work that I would have to do.
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I'm from an Irish Catholic family.
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I listen to everything. As I told you, sometimes I just want to shut off from music and be silent. Then I play a song and it's refreshing. It's almost like initializing yourself. Recently I was in South Africa doing a press day for my tour. I listened to this band called "Freshly Ground." They were doing a live gig there so that's the last thing I've heard.
