40 Quotes by Ravi Shankar

I don't appreciate avant-garde, electronic music. It makes me feel quite ill.

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.

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.

I think musicians and actors have all these problems, because of the popularity and the opportunity.

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.'

I started out as a dancer, but gradually became more interested in music.

I was invited for the first Woodstock. Actually, I started the programme.

We spent the day before with him, and even then he looked so peaceful, surrounded by love. George has left so many precious memories and moments in all our lives which will remain with us forever.

Many people, especially young people, have started listening to sitar since George Harrison, one of the Beatles, became my disciple.