"It is good to be different, because difference is great; that's what this music is based on. But lose that energy between the audience and the players, and you have nothing."

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Our sages developed music from time immemorial to take shelter in one's true self. Real music is not for wealth, not for honors, or not even for the joys of the mind - it is a path for realization and salvation.

— Ali Akbar Khan