Indian Music Quotes

• I find Indian music very funky. I mean it's very soulful, with their own kind of blues. But it's the only other school on the planet that develops improvisation to the high degree that you find in jazz music. So we have a lot of common ground.

  John McLaughlin

  Music, School, Mean

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• 'The Beatles' did whatever they wanted. They were a collection of influences adapted to songs they wanted to write. George Harrison was instrumental in bringing in Indian music. Paul McCartney was a huge Little Richard fan. John Lennon was into minimalist aggressive rock.

  Chris Cornell

  Song, Writing, Rocks

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• When I began competing with the other artists in New York, I discovered classical North Indian music.

  Henry Flynt

  New York, Artist, Competing

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• I love Indian music very much, but I haven't studied that specifically.

  Lee Konitz

  Havens, Indian

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• Indian music is brilliant and for me, anyway, (this is only personal) it's got everything in it. I still like electronics and all sorts of music if it's good but Indian music is just... an untouchable you can't say what it is, because it just is.

  George Harrison

  Electronics, Brilliant, Untouchables

  Source: www.fifthestate.org

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• I would say that the most complex style of singing comes from India. Real, classical Indian music produces probably the best technical and natural singers in the world, just because the patterns and the inflection are so complex in how the style moves and what it requires vocally. I think the best classical singers come from India.

  Miguel

  Real, Moving, Thinking

  Source: news.spotify.com

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• I don't listen to Bollywood music much. But yes I listen to Indian music quite often and other non- film music.

  Kailash Kher

  Bollywood, Film Music, Film

  "I don’t listen to Bollywood music much: Kailash Kher". Interview with Reagan Gavin Rasquinha, timesofindia.indiatimes.com. August 16, 2013.

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• I don't purchase records. I do enjoy listening to things like Japanese folk music or Indian music.

  John Lennon

  Listening, Records, Enjoy

  John Lennon, Yōko Ono, David Sheff, G. Barry Golson (1981). “The Playboy interviews with John Lennon and Yōko Ono”, Putnam Pub Group

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• The strangest part of Indian music is its lack of chords: There's no such thing as major or minor, and it's unusual to hear more than two different pitches at the same time.

  Jonny Greenwood

  Two, Different, Unusual

  "Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood and Shye Ben Tzur Talk Junun Project". Interview with Jazz Monroe, pitchfork.com. December 3, 2015.

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• Music is monophonic in the Eastern world, especially if we're talking about Indian music, Persian music. What we have in classical and Western world is harmony. So I think it's a great idea to be able to bring the best of two together and create something new.

  Hafez Nazeri

  Thinking, Talking, Ideas

  Source: www.pbs.org

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