“Every time I play with someone, just interacting with them points me to a different nook or a corner in my playing that I had overlooked.”

—  Zakir Hussain (musician)

in pdf, Zakir Hussain and Master Musicians of India, 12 December 2013, UMS Youth Education Programme Organization http://ums.org/assets/zakir_FINAL.pdf,
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