Keep going until your efforts start to make things better in your hometown.

The art world was not initially really accepting my kind of work. I was ahead of my time.

I am aware of the sufferings of women in India, which is also the suffering of women in many, many countries on our planet. My heart is filled with empathy and love for them.

Controversy is part of the nature of art and creativity.

Women are very intelligent and not appreciated. We try to pretend that we are not clever, and it's such a pity that we can't show how clever we are.

In the '60s, people were still very protective of each field that they belonged to. Avant-garde artists didn't know about rock or pop or jazz. And the jazz people of course didn't want to know about any other music. They were all just kind of protecting their territory.

I'm free from holding personal anger because I can express what I want through my music.