Zakir Hussain (musician): Artist

Zakir Hussain (musician) is Indian tabla player, musical producer, film actor and composer. Explore interesting quotes on artist.
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“Suddenly I am like the poster boy of music, but I think the whole idea is to realise how deep is the base of Indian art and culture, how many fabulous young artistes there are, how many incredible great senior artistes are present today but not seen in limelight. We all have our turn at being the spokesperson for something or the other," the renowned musician.”

Zakir Hussain (musician)

Quote, I am not torchbearer of Indian classical music: Zakir Hussain

“What celebrity status, I think I am just a drummer. There are so many talented artists around here.”

Zakir Hussain (musician)

Quote, I am not torchbearer of Indian classical music: Zakir Hussain

“There are incredible number of great Indian artists around like Aditya Kalyanpur, Subhankar Banerjee, Satyajit Talwakar, Amaan and Ayan, among women are Anuradha Pal and others. It is great that such musicians are around. But the media has not adopted to give them the push or put them in open. They deserve to be up there.”

Zakir Hussain (musician)

Quote, I am not torchbearer of Indian classical music: Zakir Hussain

“I’d have to say that accompanying vocalists is tougher, especially if you are with artistes of the calibre of Pt Jasraj or Vidushi Kishori Amonkar. The first 45 minutes can be very involved, intense and slow. You have to concentrate and focus because when things are slow, each beat is magnified a thousand-fold. Even a small chisel at the end of beat stands out.”

Zakir Hussain (musician)

Quote, I've never wanted to fit in Abbaji's shoes: Ustad Zakir Hussain

“The plan is to always have a plug into my past, where I am from. And how deep that is and having that gave me confidence to be able to expand. I am confident that I have something (music) that is backing me and that is always there for me… so that I can explore more, learn and grow more as an artiste and as a musician.”

Zakir Hussain (musician)

Quote, I am not torchbearer of Indian classical music: Zakir Hussain

“Every winter I am here sometimes for two or four months. These are my roots, this is where I feel I must come to grow and learn as an artist. I must always come back to the guru to learn and grow more as a musician. There is no question of going anywhere and forgetting where I came from because that would be like losing my identity.”

Zakir Hussain (musician)

Quote, I am not torchbearer of Indian classical music: Zakir Hussain