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To me, you know, from my childhood I always had a fascination for United States.

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

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.'

From Ravi Shankar

I have always had an instinct for doing new things. Call it good or bad, I love to experiment.

From Ravi Shankar

In India, I have been called a 'destroyer.' But that is only because they mixed my identity as a performer and as a composer. As a composer I have tried everything, even electronic music and avant-garde. But as a performer I am, believe me, getting more classical and more orthodox, jealously protecting the heritage that I have learned.

From Ravi Shankar

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.

From Ravi Shankar

Ravi Shankar

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