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

Your inner voice is the voice of divinity. To hear it, we need to be in solitude, even in crowded places.

How we approached this was I wanted this to be personal in a way. It's not a big, epic Hollywood score but really personal and intimate, and we thought guitar would be the perfect instrument for him because he's young and he has an undying spirit and all that stuff and we went on that feeling totally.

There have been predictions that the world will come to an end on 21.12.12. But I look around me and I see so much scope for hope.

Music is language itself. It should not have any barriers of caste, creed, language or anything. Music is one, only cultures are different. Music is the language of languages. It is the ultimate mother of languages.

I listen to everything. As I told you, sometimes I just want to shut off from music and be silent. Then I play a song and it's refreshing. It's almost like initializing yourself. Recently I was in South Africa doing a press day for my tour. I listened to this band called "Freshly Ground." They were doing a live gig there so that's the last thing I've heard.

Your best success comes after your greatest disapponitment