Ilaiyaraaja Quotes

Here, we’ve compiled a list of the best Ilaiyaraaja Quotes. Let’s look at these pieces of wisdom. We definitely have something to learn from them!

1
Genuine music, to me, is the one which has no purpose. It should be as natural and as purposeless as the flow of the river.
Ilaiyaraaja
2
In whosever presence you find peace of mind, devoid of fear, only that person can be your guru.
Ilaiyaraaja
3
To me, music is that which connects human hearts. It is something that takes you to unknown levels.
Ilaiyaraaja
4
Many great composers have died in poverty. I have not faced hardships, like having to struggle for food, thanks to reasonable producers.
Ilaiyaraaja
5
Any form of classical music is made for youth.
Ilaiyaraaja
6
For me, my music is part of me, and which is why it seems second nature, and my compositions are instinctive.
Ilaiyaraaja
7
Western, jazz, folk, or tribal music, whatever the form, they all have the same sapta swaras as the basis.
Ilaiyaraaja
8
A good mind should tell the difference between noise and music.
Ilaiyaraaja
9
The dictionary contains thousands of words on Tamil music. I am not familiar with most of the words, but it shows the rich past of Tamil music.
Ilaiyaraaja
10
My music is religion, and my religion is music. They are one.
Ilaiyaraaja
11
The Gen X thinks history is a waste of time. This is instant world where only readymade things are valued.
Ilaiyaraaja
12
Thyagaraja was not a professional musician. He did not sing for situations. He was music himself.
Ilaiyaraaja
13
Music reigns supreme. It does not need a visual prop. While listening to a number, do you enjoy the tune, or do you enjoy it because you imagine someone singing it? In fact, quite a few hits of mine are from films that no one has heard about. The songs still rule, though.
Ilaiyaraaja
14
Government should take necessary steps to add music into school syllabus and impart knowledge to the students.
Ilaiyaraaja
15
I think of the Tamil poet Subrahmanya Bharati every day, and he is an inspiration in my musical creations.
Ilaiyaraaja
16
I always felt music to be universal and undifferentiated – Western classical, folk, Carnatic or Hindustani and so on.
Ilaiyaraaja
17
Sometimes, entire songs are ready in just about five minutes.
Ilaiyaraaja
18
I don’t believe in making two songs similar. Every composition must have its own unique character.
Ilaiyaraaja
19
I truly believe that music or art, in general, is the only thing that can unify a world that is plagued by war and violence, and I believe that it should be taken to more people.
Ilaiyaraaja
20
The challenge for a good musician is to bring out compositions that seem fresh to the listener, even if the listener has heard the song or the composition before.
Ilaiyaraaja
21
My music is for the world. Let them enjoy it.
Ilaiyaraaja
22
Music happens. It cannot be made.
Ilaiyaraaja
23
Composing is an emotional thing.
Ilaiyaraaja
24
For musical compositions to reach a high level and to derive from spontaneity, of course, one has to do the necessary steps to learn the rules and regulations of composing high quality music.
Ilaiyaraaja
25
Only I hold the right to all my songs.
Ilaiyaraaja
26
I consider all women as mother. I compose poems for any female considering her as mother.
Ilaiyaraaja
27
Some people love money, and some people love other things. I love music, and we are all lovers.
Ilaiyaraaja
28
Everyone’s music is made of their own life experiences.
Ilaiyaraaja
29
Music is a continuous process. You evolve with every song.
Ilaiyaraaja
30
No saint in the world lived like the great saint Ramana Maharishi. They say Jesus Christ was resurrected and rose again from the dead. But there’s no proof of it. Ramana Maharishi is the only Mahan who has resurrected in life, and that, too, at the age of 16.
Ilaiyaraaja
31
Anyone who holds a pen these days thinks he or she is a poet.
Ilaiyaraaja
32
My commercial viability, coupled with my reputation, gives me enough freedom to assert my right as a composer.
Ilaiyaraaja
33
Questioning the origin of music is like asking why the breeze is soothing, why you shiver in exhilaration when the spray from the waterfall hits you.
Ilaiyaraaja
34
Music has done much more for me than I have for music.
Ilaiyaraaja
35
Traditional musical forms like ‘Parai Isai’ and ‘Villupattu’ are unique, and they need to be protected and nurtured.
Ilaiyaraaja
36
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
37
Mere recording of an event will not make it a historical document. It will become obsolete with time. Only those that emotionally connect with the audience will stand the test of time.
Ilaiyaraaja
38
To me, music is more like a spiritual seeking that takes one to unknown levels.
Ilaiyaraaja
39
You can realise God as you progress in music; nothing in between.
Ilaiyaraaja
40
When directors tell me they want a song like one, I tell them no song should be like another. I don’t listen to directors.
Ilaiyaraaja
41
A director should concentrate on his storyline and his characters.
Ilaiyaraaja
42
Can someone do music for 24 hours at a stretch and never get tired? It’s me. Because I don’t ‘work’. I enjoy what am doing. It’s not like a regular job.
Ilaiyaraaja
43
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
44
In India, most people are not aware or are unconcerned about copyright laws. This has proved disastrous for the music fraternity.
Ilaiyaraaja
45
Music has the power to divert the violent minds.
Ilaiyaraaja
46
My parents were simpletons. Everyday living was a big thing in that small village where I was born. They had no clue about music.
Ilaiyaraaja
47
Till 2010, there was one national award for Best Music Direction. I have received it thrice – for ‘Sagara Sangamam,’ ‘Sindhu Bhairavi,’ and ‘Rudraveena.’
Ilaiyaraaja
48
Isn’t composing music akin to film direction?
Ilaiyaraaja
49
I would like to inform the public that I have entered into a licensing agreement with Agi Music for manufacturing and distributing my songs in any format and have also granted the license to distribute my songs on digital and new media formats, including mobile ringtones, caller tunes, and online downloads.
Ilaiyaraaja
50
You may go to the temple for mental peace. But you may be distracted there and forget the purpose of your visit. But this does not happen when you hear good music.
Ilaiyaraaja