Quotes About Ragas

De vez en cuando asistían a conciertos de música clásica india, donde Sonia aprendió sobre ragas (melodía clásica) y ghazals (poemas cantados en urdu)

Lord Shiva invented the 84 lakhs yoga postures. He derived these postures just by observing the evolution and the journey of the soul in 84 lakh possible births. They are linked to the 84 ragas, 84 primary yoga postures, and the 84 primary nadis.

All these years, I have never forgotten what my parents have given me, and that is why I take special pride in composing music based on ragas and used folk music in films like 'Apne Paraye.'

There are thousands of ragas, and they are all connected with different times of the day, like sunrise or night or sunset. It is all based on 72 of what we call 'mela' or scales. And we have principally nine moods, ranging from peacefulness to praying, or the feeling of emptiness you get by sitting by the ocean.

Music lets me forget bad experiences. You cannot keep ragas and regrets in your mind together.

I love to simplify the ragas and use them in my music as much as possible.

In the U.K., classical music is composed by individuals and written down. Indian music is based on certain sequences called ragas. When I perform live, 95% of the music is improvised: it never sounds the same twice.

I would love to hone my skills and learn Indian classical music. It's a vast sea of melodies and ragas, and I enjoy it immensely.