The idea of music is to liberate the listener and lead him to a frame where he feels he is elevated.

Beautiful film music can be made relevant to any period.

So long as you do it truthfully, music is not to be judged.

A musician is a professional, whether he or she is successful or not. The profession itself must be regarded as a stable job.

I basically love classical music. I love a lot of musicians playing together and the whole culture of that, whether it's Indian or it's Western.

I joined the Madras Christian College but dropped out after three months. Telugu music director Ramesh Naidu asked me to assist him, and I did so for over a year. I did think of rejoining college, but by then, I was discovering the musician in me. I worked with Illaya Raja and Raj Koti and soon shifted to commercials. This led to movie offers.