35 Quotes by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan

I enjoyed working with Vishal Bhardwaj. As an artist I still think the song could have been better but everyone liked it the way it was composed, so no complaints.

All the film stuff is business. Those are the songs I practise for, rehearse for, make money from.

The rhythm of sitar cannot be created with chords of guitar and vice versa as both the instruments have a distinct purpose in music.

My responsibility is to the music and the industry.

I was nine when I started training and performing, my son is even more passionate than I was.

I belong to this family: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's family. Since my childhood I have always wanted to sing and learn music. Whenever I saw Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan play, I felt inspired to be like him.

Music is the voice of the soul and can move mountains. People receive the message of the soul through the voice. It is a voice, the tone that moves something in people.

But in the Indian film industry, from the moment a child is born, he is taught music, he is taken for classical classes.

I think that our family is very fortunate, very lucky, that on their own merit, from themselves, using whatever means necessary, singing Qawwali, in all corners and areas, in every place, singing in villages, they've promoted it.