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Bismillah Khan
9 quotes
“Even if the world ends, the Music will still survive....Music has no caste.”
Bismillah Khan (1916–2006) said by 2006 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Music lets me forget bad experiences. You cannot keep ragas and regrets in your mind together.”
Bismillah Khan (1916–2006) said by 2006 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“After a year and half Mamu told me if you see anything don’t talk about it. One night I was playing deep in meditation. I smelled something. It was an indescribable scent, something like sandalwood and jasmine. I thought it was the aroma of Ganges but the scent got more powerful. When I opened my eyes , there was Balaji standing right next to me, exactly as he is pictured. My door was locked from inside; nobody was allowed to enter when I did riyaz. He said ‘play my son’ but I was sweating. I stopped playing.”
Bismillah Khan (1916–2006) said by 2006 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If music is bad then why has it reached such heights? Why does music make me to soar towards heaven? The religion of music is one; all other are different. I tell the Mullas that this is the only haqeeqat (reality). This is my world. My Namaaz is the seven ‘sudh’ [pure] and five ‘komal’ [soft] surs.”
Bismillah Khan (1916–2006) said by 2006 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Allahee...Allah-hee... Allah-hee....I continued to raise the pitch. When I opened my eyes I asked them: Is this madness? I am calling the God. I am thinking of him. I am searching for Him. Why do you call my search chutiya?”
Bismillah Khan (1916–2006) said by 2006 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“God knows no religion. God belongs to mankind. I realized this while playing at the Balaji temple.”
Bismillah Khan (1916–2006) said by 2006 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I wish I could hold a concert....It is unfair that the Shehnai is not played at concerts. Why should not the Shehnai be played at the concerts?... Then let me do it now. Let me break tradition....May Lord Balaji help me.”
Bismillah Khan (1916–2006) said by 2006 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Tradition takes time to change. But it changes, all right. All that I have to do is to keep trying.”
Bismillah Khan (1916–2006) said by 2006 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sukriya. An image can never be the real thing. Varanasi is where the Ganga flows, where I can play the Shehnai for Lord Balaji. I shall be at home, nowhere else but in India.”
Bismillah Khan (1916–2006) said by 2006 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source