A.R.Rahman (Fan Club) - Page 15

The total submission of his (A.R.Rahman) life for the cause of music; his thirst for creating not any chaff but only grains appeals to me the most!

His musical ability to confine the whole world's air in his flute; his glowing inner peace; the simplicity of a mother is what I saw in him (A.R.Rahman)

The best part about singing for Rahman is the freedom he gives the singer. Even for my first song he let me sing the way I was comfortable with, eventhough I was a nobody then.

Thanks to Rahman a new trend in music was introduced. The audience for Malayalam films is limited to Kerala and so, horizons don't widen and we get no mileage. Rahman says that the trend he started will last only for three or four years more. After that he predicts another Rahman will come along in the scene.

Along with variety in music, it's important to package music well. That'll be the mantra of the millennium. Good music always lasts.

People become immediately entranced by whatever he composes. Rahman is a phenomenon. He's young and talented. And he has his fingers on the pulse of the young generation. My hopes (for the future) are pinned on A R Rahman.

I wanted to go beyond the restrictions of language, religion and caste, and music is really the only thing that allows you to do that.

His voice did not fit any category that we knew in India his wasn't the standard Mohd, Rafi or Kishore Kumar voice. Yet, it had so much soul in it, and that made me feel I could also sing,

Rahman never ceases to amaze me. He is such a fine musician and also a techno-junkie. If you give him a set of headphones he will most probably rip it apart to understand why it works so well!

I appreciate A.R's work. He has a penchant for being international. I think he is talented. A.R. has taught me the value and meaning of sound in my recording and thanks to him, today I am my own arranger.