Zakir Hussain (musician): Quotes about music

Zakir Hussain (musician) is Indian tabla player, musical producer, film actor and composer. Explore interesting quotes on music.
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“I firmly believe that the primary role of the tabla is saath-sangat. Which is why I enjoy being on stage with Shivji (Pt Shivkumar Sharma), Amjadbhai (Amjad Ali Khan) or Birju Maharaj. I look forward to these concerts. Unlike a solo concert where I am my own boss, here I have to strike a dialogue in the music-making process. This enriches and makes me a better musician and tabla player.”

Zakir Hussain (musician)

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

“When I began there was an expectation that I play like Abbaji, but over the years luckily for me music lovers got around to accepting me for what I play… Look at others like Ustad Bismillah Khan’s son who has lost his way in trying to play shehnai like his father. Copying his father is one thing but taking his music forward is quite another.”

Zakir Hussain (musician)

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

“I think that commercialization in the long run will not affect the integrity of the music. In every venture, musical or otherwise, you will always have good and bad. The same applies here.”

Zakir Hussain (musician)

In "The ring from Lata was like a blessing from Saraswati".
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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

“From being made to wait in the kitchen to becoming the cynosure of attention and interacting with the who’s who has been a big leap. Music is no longer something that ‘respectable people’ keep children away from. We’ve had corporate czars and barons like Arvind Parekh and Brijbhushan Kabra taking to music.”

Zakir Hussain (musician)

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

“I usually do field work before I sit down to play with somebody; in other words I go listen to them play in a concert, listen to their music, tapes, whatever, so that when I sit down with them, I have a vague idea what their temperament is about and what kind of musical patterns they enjoy playing. Solo, I am the captain of the ship, and I decide what I will play and dictate the pace of the show.”

Zakir Hussain (musician)

in The ring from Lata was like a blessing from Saraswati, 12 December 2013, Rediff.com http://www.rediff.com/chat/trans/0111zaki.htm, <br class="br">Quote

“You open London Times and you find reviews of Western classical music concerts finding pride of place even if the concerts themselves have less than 200 people in a hall meant for 1,500. They do this because they want to highlight what they see as their socio-cultural legacy.”

Zakir Hussain (musician)

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

“As far as Indian music is concerned I wouldn't call myself a torchbearer. It's the media that focuses on it, like at one time Pandit Ravi Shankar was the poster boy of Indian music. It did not matter that there were equally good sitar players in India that time. Everybody talked about him and not others like Pandit Nikhil Banerjee or Ustad Ali Anwar Khan”

Zakir Hussain (musician)

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

“If it weren’t for the masters we wouldn’t have audiences for Indian classical music across the world. As for taking their mission forward, we have a long way to go.”

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