आप किसी भी तरह से पूरी तरह अनोखे नहीं हो सकते। संगीत सात सुरों से बनता है। आप घूम-फिरकर किसी न किसी रूप में वहीं लौट आएंगे। भले ही आपको लगे कि आप कुछ अनोखा कर रहे हैं, लेकिन आप अंततः उसी चीज़ पर वापस लौटेंगे जो आपके ऐसा करने से पहले से मौजूद थी।
You can't be unique any way. Music is made from seven notes. You will always come back to something. Even if you think you are unique, you will come back to something that existed before you were doing what you are doing.
You can't be unique any way. Music is made from seven notes. You will always come back to something. Even if you think you are unique, you will come back to something that existed before you were doing what you are doing.
असंभव सोचने से पहले आपको बस कोशिश करनी होगी।
You just have to try before thinking that you can't.
You just have to try before thinking that you can't.
अफ्रीका का निर्माण करने की अपनी क्षमता पर हमें खुद पर विश्वास होना चाहिए। मुझे माली पर भरोसा है और संगीत पर भरोसा है।
We need self-confidence in our ability to build Africa. I trust in Mali and I trust in music.
We need self-confidence in our ability to build Africa. I trust in Mali and I trust in music.
यह समझना एक बेहतरीन अनुभव है कि आखिर में बहुत मशहूर होना ही सबसे महत्वपूर्ण चीज़ नहीं है।
It's a great experience just to understand that finally being well known is not the most important thing.
It's a great experience just to understand that finally being well known is not the most important thing.
हमारे आसपास कुछ ऐसी चीजें होती हैं जो असल में उपयोगी नहीं होतीं। मुझे पहले यह बात नहीं पता थी। इसे समझना मेरे लिए बिल्कुल नया है। यही मेरे लिखने का तरीका बन गया: इसमें मैं अपने एक नए रूप को भी देख सकता हूँ।
There are some things around us that are not actually useful. I didn't know that before. It's very new for me to understand. That became my way of writing: I can see also the new myself.
There are some things around us that are not actually useful. I didn't know that before. It's very new for me to understand. That became my way of writing: I can see also the new myself.
मेरे लिए सबसे दिलचस्प बात यह है कि मैं अपने पिता के साथ यात्राओं के दौरान मिले अपने सभी अनुभवों और प्रभावों को एक साथ पिरोऊँ।
The interesting thing for me is to put together all my influences and all my experiences I got through my traveling with my father.
The interesting thing for me is to put together all my influences and all my experiences I got through my traveling with my father.
पश्चिमी, अरबी और अफ्रीकी देशों के बीच आना-जाना करने से निश्चित रूप से मेरी संगीत पृष्ठभूमि समृद्ध हुई है और इसने स्पष्ट रूप से मेरे पेशेवर रवैये, संगीत रचना और गायन दोनों के प्रति मेरे दृष्टिकोण, विशेष रूप से प्रस्तुति के तरीके (फ्रेमिंग) को प्रभावित किया है।
Going back and forth between Western Arabic and African countries clearly created the various musical backgrounds I could have and obviously influenced my professional attitude, my way of approaching both music composition and singing, particularly phrasing.
Going back and forth between Western Arabic and African countries clearly created the various musical backgrounds I could have and obviously influenced my professional attitude, my way of approaching both music composition and singing, particularly phrasing.
सबसे महत्वपूर्ण बात यह है कि मैं जो कर रहा हूँ, उससे खुद खुश रहूँ।
The most important thing is to be happy myself with what I am doing.
The most important thing is to be happy myself with what I am doing.
मुझे सरल चीजें पसंद हैं—एक जैसी धुनें जो हर समय वही दोहराती रहती हैं। क्योंकि मुझे लगता है कि जीवन भी ऐसा ही है।
I prefer simple things - monotone melodies repeating the same things all the time. Because I think life is like that.
I prefer simple things - monotone melodies repeating the same things all the time. Because I think life is like that.
जब आप एक कलाकार के रूप में अपने काम से अपनी आजीविका कमाने में सक्षम होते हैं, तो इसका मतलब है कि आपके पास एक दर्शक वर्ग है और आपको इस दर्शक वर्ग को धन्यवाद देना चाहिए।
When you are able to make a living with your job as an artist, that means you have an audience and you have to thank this audience.
When you are able to make a living with your job as an artist, that means you have an audience and you have to thank this audience.
जब आपको अपने जीवनकाल में दर्शकों के साथ एक कलाकार बनने का मौका मिलता है, तो आपको अपने दर्शकों को धन्यवाद देना चाहिए। यह एक बहुत बड़ी बात है। यह सबसे अच्छी चीज़ है जो किसी कलाकार के साथ हो सकती है।
When you have a chance to be an artist with an audience in your lifetime, you have to say thanks to your audience. That's a great thing. That's the best thing that can happen to an artist.
When you have a chance to be an artist with an audience in your lifetime, you have to say thanks to your audience. That's a great thing. That's the best thing that can happen to an artist.
कभी-कभी कुछ चित्रकार या बहुत प्रसिद्ध कलाकार ऐसे होते हैं जिनकी कला को पहचान उनकी मृत्यु के बाद मिलती है, क्योंकि श्रोता या जनता उनकी कला के बारे में उनके जाने के बाद जानते हैं।
Sometimes there are painters or very famous artists who start to become artists after they are dead because an audience or a public know about their art after they die.
Sometimes there are painters or very famous artists who start to become artists after they are dead because an audience or a public know about their art after they die.
चित्रकारी में आमतौर पर पिकासो जैसे कुछ कलाकारों को शुरुआत में ज्यादा लोग नहीं जानते; कभी-कभी वे अपने निधन से ठीक पहले मशहूर होते हैं या फिर दुनिया से जाने के बाद। मुझे लगता है कि ऐसे लोग इस दुनिया से जाने के बाद ही असल मायनों में कलाकार बनते हैं।
In general, in painting sometimes people like Picasso or somebody are not very well known in the beginning, sometimes they become well known just before they die, or sometimes after they have died. I think these people start to be artists after they've stopped existing.
In general, in painting sometimes people like Picasso or somebody are not very well known in the beginning, sometimes they become well known just before they die, or sometimes after they have died. I think these people start to be artists after they've stopped existing.
अमेरिकी दर्शक अफ्रीकी संगीत पर उस तरह से प्रतिक्रिया नहीं देते जैसे यूरोपीय लोग देते हैं, क्योंकि मुझे लगता है कि यूरोपीय लोग यहाँ होने वाले विभिन्न उत्सवों के माध्यम से इस संगीत को गहराई से सुनते हैं।
American audiences don't react in the same way as European ones to African music because, I think, Europeans listen to this music through all the festivals that exist here.
American audiences don't react in the same way as European ones to African music because, I think, Europeans listen to this music through all the festivals that exist here.
आप यूरोप में बहुत बड़े स्टार हो सकते हैं और संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका में आपको कोई बिल्कुल भी नहीं जानता होगा।
You can be a star here in Europe and not be known at all in the United States.
You can be a star here in Europe and not be known at all in the United States.
मेरे पिता की संगीत में रुचि और उनकी कलात्मक प्रतिभा के कारण, मैं चार-पाँच साल की उम्र से ही संगीत के संपर्क में आ गया था। आखिरकार, मैंने इसे ही अपना पेशा बना लिया।
I've been in contact with music since I was four or five years old through my father, because of the interest he had in music and all his musical skills. I finally managed to make that my profession.
I've been in contact with music since I was four or five years old through my father, because of the interest he had in music and all his musical skills. I finally managed to make that my profession.
जो कलाकार अपने श्रोताओं तक नहीं पहुँच पाता, वह कलाकार ही नहीं है।
An artist who doesn't have any audience is not an artist.
An artist who doesn't have any audience is not an artist.
हर कोई अपनी संस्कृति और उससे जुड़े अनुभवों के आधार पर ही संगीत बनाता है। ऐसे बहुत कम लोग हैं जो अलग-अलग देशों और संस्कृतियों के संगीत में रुचि रखते हैं और उन तमाम अनुभवों को मिलाकर कुछ नया संगीत रचने की कोशिश करते हैं।
Everybody does music from his culture and his experiences with his culture. There are not so many people who are interested by the music coming from different countries and different cultures and trying to make music from that, from all these experiences.
Everybody does music from his culture and his experiences with his culture. There are not so many people who are interested by the music coming from different countries and different cultures and trying to make music from that, from all these experiences.
यात्राओं ने मेरे व्यक्तित्व को पूरी तरह बदल दिया और मुझे वह क्षमता दी कि मैं आज जैसा संगीत बना पाऊँ और इस सोच के साथ जी सकूँ कि इस दुनिया में कुछ भी असंभव नहीं है।
Traveling changed my personality and gave me ability to do the music I do and to think in a certain way that everything can be possible.
Traveling changed my personality and gave me ability to do the music I do and to think in a certain way that everything can be possible.
मैं नहीं जानता कि यह मेरी बढ़ती उम्र का असर है या नहीं, लेकिन अब मुझे बुनियादी और सच्ची चीज़ें ही भाती हैं। मुझे दिखावे या छलावों वाली चीज़ें बिल्कुल पसंद नहीं हैं।
I don't know if it's due to my age, that I'm older now, [but] I love the essentials. I don't like the things around us that are a kind of mirage.
I don't know if it's due to my age, that I'm older now, [but] I love the essentials. I don't like the things around us that are a kind of mirage.
संगीत के मामले में मुझ पर जैज़, ब्लूज़, यूरोपीय शास्त्रीय संगीत, रॉक और पॉप संगीत का गहरा प्रभाव रहा है—यानी कई तरह के संगीत का। इसके अलावा भारत और चीन जैसे विभिन्न देशों का लोक संगीत भी इसमें शामिल है। मुझे लगता है कि इन सबका लाभ न उठाना और कुछ ऐसा न करना एक मूर्खता होगी... हालाँकि मेरा यह दावा नहीं है कि मैं कुछ बिल्कुल अनूठा कर रहा हूँ।
My influences are jazz, blues, European classical music; they are rock music and pop music. So many kinds of music. World music from different countries like India and China. I think that would be a shame not to take advantage and do something... not unique, because I don't have this pretension.
My influences are jazz, blues, European classical music; they are rock music and pop music. So many kinds of music. World music from different countries like India and China. I think that would be a shame not to take advantage and do something... not unique, because I don't have this pretension.
श्रोताओं के बिना आपके सारे सपने अधूरे रह जाएंगे, क्योंकि नए गाने लिखने और संगीत की दुनिया में आगे बढ़ने के लिए आपको हमेशा श्रोताओं के प्यार और साथ की ज़रूरत होती है।
Without an audience, all your dreams will not come true at all, because you need an audience to write new songs and continue to do music.
Without an audience, all your dreams will not come true at all, because you need an audience to write new songs and continue to do music.
टूर की शुरुआत में मैं लाइव शो बिल्कुल एल्बम के हिसाब से ही तैयार करता हूँ, लेकिन ज़ाहिर है कि एक जगह से दूसरी जगह और अलग-अलग दर्शकों के हिसाब से शो का दायरा थोड़ा बढ़ भी जाता है।
At the beginning of the tour, I arrange the live show exactly like the album, but of course from one audience to another, from one venue to another, it can become longer.
At the beginning of the tour, I arrange the live show exactly like the album, but of course from one audience to another, from one venue to another, it can become longer.
आम तौर पर अलग-अलग जगहों के दर्शक वाकई बहुत अलग होते हैं। यहाँ तक कि एक ही देश या एक ही शहर में भी, हॉल या मंच बदलने से दर्शक बिल्कुल अलग मिज़ाज के मिल सकते हैं।
The audiences are really different in general. Even in the same country or in the same city, from one venue to another, the audiences can be totally different.
The audiences are really different in general. Even in the same country or in the same city, from one venue to another, the audiences can be totally different.
मैं मंच पर नए हिस्से भी जोड़ सकता हूँ, क्योंकि जब आप स्टेज पर होते हैं और सामने ऐसे खुशमिज़ाज दर्शक होते हैं जो आपके काम से प्यार करते हैं, तो आप ऐसी असाधारण चीज़ें भी कर दिखाते हैं जिनके बारे में आपने खुद कभी सोचा भी नहीं होता कि आप ऐसा कर सकते हैं।
I can introduce new parts because when you are on stage in front of a very happy audience or people who love what you are doing, you are able to do extraordinary things that you yourself didn't think you could do before.
I can introduce new parts because when you are on stage in front of a very happy audience or people who love what you are doing, you are able to do extraordinary things that you yourself didn't think you could do before.