My biggest dream to connect people through music has come true. In a world where there are enough reasons to separate us, the Oscars have unified us.

The search is more important than the destination

I grew up on Bach and Beethoven and now I'm listening to more modern composers who I can't even name. But since I'm constantly doing music, it's difficult to have that quality time to listen to music and do classical stuff. That's the only reason I'm thinking of going on.

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.

It's a very simple process. He [Danny Boyl] comes in the tube (subway) and then he sits with me for 3 hours every evening and then I work on something. Then later, if he likes something, I put it even more perfectly. I tweak stuff. So this happened for 3 or 4 weeks and the music was done.

Music is something that takes you to a world which is very different from the world of hatred,jealousy, and all those negative emotions

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