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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
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“A man learns all his life, and dies the day he thinks that he has learnt everything.”
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1948–1997) first seen 1997 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, India 1997,Rediff Interview, http://www.rediff.com/entertai/apr/05nusra1.htm
“When I sing for God, I feel myself in accord with Allah, and the house of God, Mecca, is right in front of me. And I worship. When I sing for Muhammad, peace be upon him, our prophet, I feel like I am sitting right next to his tomb, Madina, and paying him respect and admitting to myself that I accept his message.”
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1948–1997) first seen 1997 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, May 1997, http://www.red-lines.co.uk/utterance/nusrat.htm
“To be a qawwal is more than being a performer, more than being an artist,One must be willing to release one's mind and soul from one's body to achieve ecstasy through music. Qawwali is enlightenment itself.”
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1948–1997) first seen 1993 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan ,1993, a winter performance at the Gateway Theater in Chicago,Interviewed by Andy Carvin, http://edwebproject.org/nusrat.html
“Sufi music tries to banish the hatred living within all human beings. It does not belong to any one culture, but to all of us. It stands for bhaichara. The great Sufis have said that there is no value in namaz if your soul is not clean, no value of bathing in the Ganga, if your thoughts are impure. God is to be achieved through love. Mohabbat (love) is the ultimate reality.”
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1948–1997) first seen 1996 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan ,India Jan 24, 1996 Outlook Interview, http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?200673
“Myself, I am nothing, If I am anything it is because of my companions. An axe cannot chop wood without its handle. I also cannot do anything without my companions and friends who work with me. They are as important as a thumb is in hand.”
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1948–1997) said by 1997 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The more honors I am given , the more afraid I become, that I might not slip in the eyes of my fans. I pray to Allah to preserve me and keep me in his favor. I need his friendship . I do not bother about the disaffections of the times.”
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1948–1997) said by 1997 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Naheed, my wife and Nida (my daughter) are the two rulers sitting on the throne of my heart. I travel long and wide to extend their empire. But I never forget them. In my heart are two portraits. Whenever I have an opportunity I bend and see them in my heart. The strings of my heart are in their hands. Farrukh and Rahat are my two eyes. I see the world through them. The world looks so beautiful. When these two eyes open it is daylight for me when the close ,the evening strats.”
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1948–1997) said by 1997 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My father Ustaad Fateh Ali Khan, Ustad Mubarak Ali Khan and Ustad Salamat Ali Khan, his brothers are my spritual gurus. I am their son, their acolyte. It is my duty to preserve and protect the knowledge the music that they gave me. I do a lot of experiments but the base is classical music. I ambound with ragas. I may road around the world and may acquaint myself with the western instuments I never wander from the central point. from the stage of WOMAD and from the studios of Peter Gabriel, I always emerge depths of my own music.”
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1948–1997) said by 1997 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The musical instuments may be western but my voice never wavers away from my own ragas. it is good to make experiments and I do a lot of them but my thoughts always round the centre and that centre is the tradition of my elders and it is classical music..”
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1948–1997) first seen 1992 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan on release of his biography,1992. Statement was included in the book Ahmed Aqeel Ruby, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: A Living Legend, translated by Sajjad Haider Malik, Lahore: Words of Wisdom, (1992)
“I have nothing but dust from the mazars where the beloved of Allah sleep.I transform this dust through my surs into my songs. A recreation , a perennial recitation of the Holy names of Allah, the Holy Prophet(PBUH) and Ali is my heritage. I will pass it on to the next generation. Perhaps Allah likes what I do and He has opened the gates of blessings on me.I love Him. I go far and wide with the name of my Beloved on my lips. To those who do not know language I chant Allah hoo, I sing of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and sing of Ali, the people are enchanted.I claim no skill, it is because of the great men of Allah, when I was awarded the Grand Prixin Paris Uxi Mufti came to me in thr green room and said that I possessed no skill for the honour and that it was because of saintsand blessings of Allah. He was right. what is man but a handful of dust and what can he do?”
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1948–1997) said by 1997 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source