I will keep playing as long as my body lets me, and as long as I'm wanted by my listeners. Because music is the only thing that keeps me going.
Ravi Shankar
I don't appreciate avant-garde, electronic music. It makes me feel quite ill.
I started out as a dancer, but gradually became more interested in music.
Ah, 'Pather Panchali' was the most inspiring film that I wrote music for, and it was so spontaneously done. I saw the film, composed on the... →
In the U.K., classical music is composed by individuals and written down. Indian music is based on certain sequences called ragas. When I perform... →
Dancing and music were my first love. I was happiest at being a chorus boy.
Adam Shankman
I'm Irish as hell: Kelly on one side, Shanley on the other. My father had been born on a farm in the Irish Midlands. He and his brothers had been... →
John Patrick Shanley
Some actors are brilliant in David Mamet, but they would crash and burn in my plays and visa-versa. You either have my music in your body, or you... →
Honestly, as hard a profession as acting is, I think music is even harder. Acting, you're like a leech, because someone else does the hard part... →
Michael Shannon
I was mostly an indoor girl at university. Where other students did drama or music or sport alongside their degrees, I wrote. I used to work on... →
Samantha Shannon