While other creators make a big show of their art Mani Sir makes it look as though anyone can do what he does.

Dear Mr. and Mrs. Obama, Thank you for sending me Christmas and New Year greetings yet again. Welcome back to India... Would have loved to host you at my concert in Baroda on the 26th!

When you do something with a lot of honesty, appetite and commitment, the input reflects the output.

The music had to be rooted, and yet had to branch out,like the wild imagination of a child.

While other creators make a big show of their art Mani Sir makes it look as though anyone can do what he does.

We didn't want to do that. It would have been a beautiful moment in the movie but it would have brought the movie down. So Danny's vision was perfect I think when he wanted it to be driven at the same time having this new emotion about this boy coming as a hallucination or like a déjà vu and as the future kid.

I love the voice - it’s the most perfect instrument ever heard. It’s God given.