M. S. Subbulakshmi: Song

M. S. Subbulakshmi was singer,Carnatic vocalist. Explore interesting quotes on song.

M. S. Subbulakshmi: 14 quotes2 likes

“The singing legend lives on her suprabathams (morning prayer songs) and w:bhajansbhajans.”

Quoted in Ode to a Nightingale in "The Complete Guide to Functional Writing in English}, pages= 11-12
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“Sarojini Naidu repositioned her own title of Nightingale of India on to Subbalakshmi’s avian frame, it was because that daughter of Bengal saw the gift of song arriving and alighting on this daughter of India’s south, like a migratory bird from the collective genius of our music.”

M. S. Subbulakshmi

Gopal Gandhi in his book [Gandhi, Gopal, Of a Certain Age: Twenty Life Sketches, http://books.google.com/books?id=Inp4jPFUHUkC&pg=PA164, 2011, Penguin Books India, 978-0-670-08502-6, 166]
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“Even if Subbalakshmi merely recited the words of her songs without singing them, he would prefer to hear them than anybody else.”

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Mahatma Gandhi quoted here.[Johri, Meera, Greatness of Spirit: Profiles of Indian Magsaysay Award Winners, http://books.google.com/books?id=j1iegDJAYakC&pg=PA55, 2010, Rajpal & Sons, 978-81-7028-858-9, 58]
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“Oh! Who am I; a mere Prime Minister before the queen of song.”

M. S. Subbulakshmi

Once Pandit Jawhar Lal Nehru heard Subbalakshmi when he could not help exclaiming, as quoted here in "Greatness of Spirit: Profiles of Indian Magsaysay Award Winners", page=58.
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