Bismillah Khan: Quotes about music

Bismillah Khan was Indian musician. Explore interesting quotes on music.
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“Even if the world ends, the Music will still survive…. Music has no caste.”

Bismillah Khan

Quoted in [Ekbal, Nikhat, Great Muslims of undivided India, http://books.google.com/books?id=JsDNDeHkb8AC&pg=PA45, 2009, Gyan Publishing House, 978-81-7835-756-0, 45–]
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“If music is haraam 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

His reply to the hardliner Shia mullas who wanted to ban music.
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“Music lets me forget bad experiences. You cannot keep ragas and regrets in your mind together.”

Bismillah Khan

Quotations by 60 Greatest Indians, Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology http://resourcecentre.daiict.ac.in/eresources/iresources/quotations.html, <br class="br">Quote

“He was the undisputed jewel in the crown of Indian music; one who will not be born in the next few centuries. He gave a new meaning to shehnai.”

Bismillah Khan

“Khan saheb’s music has found its way, penetrating barriers of religion, caste and class, to the hearts of millions of our people, uniting them in a shared ecstasy…. He has never accepted that there is any contradiction between music and his religious faith, rather he sees perfect unity, a connection between the two….”

Bismillah Khan