कोई और बनने की कोशिश मत करो। जैसे हो, वैसे ही रहो।
Don't try to be someone else. Be yourself.
Don't try to be someone else. Be yourself.
खुद को बस संगीत की संस्कृति में डुबो दीजिए—यह आपके लिए सफलता के नए रास्ते खोल देगा।
Just immerse yourself in the culture of the music - it will open some doors for you.
Just immerse yourself in the culture of the music - it will open some doors for you.
शायद मेरी निजी जिंदगी में ऐसा हुआ हो, लेकिन जहां तक मेरे करियर की बात है, मुझे अपने करियर में बहुत बड़े-बड़े प्रस्ताव मिले और मैंने उन्हें ठुकरा दिया। पीछे मुड़कर देखता हूँ तो सोचता हूँ—अरे यार, पैसों के मामले में मैं बहुत अमीर हो जाता, पर कला के मामले में पता नहीं क्या होता। मैं तो यही कहूंगा कि निजी जिंदगी में शायद हाँ, लेकिन अपने संगीत के सफर में, पीछे मुड़कर देखने पर मैं यही कहूंगा कि अच्छे और बुरे, दोनों को स्वीकार कर लेना चाहिए।
Maybe in my personal life, but as far as my career, I've been offered some humongous things in my career and didn't take them. I look back and think, oh man, well I'd have been well off monetarily wise, but artistic wise I don't know. I'd have to say, personally, in my personal life, yeah, but in my musical life, on twenty-twenty hindsight I would say just take the good with the bad.
Maybe in my personal life, but as far as my career, I've been offered some humongous things in my career and didn't take them. I look back and think, oh man, well I'd have been well off monetarily wise, but artistic wise I don't know. I'd have to say, personally, in my personal life, yeah, but in my musical life, on twenty-twenty hindsight I would say just take the good with the bad.
मैं इस बात में पूरी तरह यकीन रखता हूँ कि आप अपनी सफलताओं से ज़्यादा अपनी असफलताओं से बहुत कुछ सीखते हैं।
I'm a firm believer that you learn a hell of a lot more from your failures than you do from your successes.
I'm a firm believer that you learn a hell of a lot more from your failures than you do from your successes.
मैं जानता हूँ कि कैटेगॉरी तय करने के लिए, लोगों को कुछ कलाकारों को उस जॉनर के साथ रखना ही पड़ता है जिससे उन्होंने अपनी पहचान बनाई है। कोई मुझे यह नहीं बता सकता कि ताज महल (संगीतकार) विशुद्ध ब्लूज़ गाते थे। कोई मुझे यह नहीं बता सकता कि माइक ब्लूमफील्ड विशुद्ध ब्लूज़ गाते थे। उस संगीत में और भी बहुत कुछ शामिल था।
I know that for category purposes, people have to lump certain artists in with genre that they make their name or their bones in. Nobody can tell me that Taj Mahal is pure blues. Nobody can tell me that Mike Bloomfield was pure blues. It was a lot of other things going on as well.
I know that for category purposes, people have to lump certain artists in with genre that they make their name or their bones in. Nobody can tell me that Taj Mahal is pure blues. Nobody can tell me that Mike Bloomfield was pure blues. It was a lot of other things going on as well.
संगीत के मामले में मेरी उत्सुकता और बेचैनी कभी शांत नहीं होती।
I'm just a restless soul musically.
I'm just a restless soul musically.
आजकल किसी का ऐसा समय मिलना मुश्किल है जो सच में समय दे सके - हर कोई अच्छा संगीतकार बनने के बजाय बस रातों-रात मशहूर होना चाहता है।
Nowadays it's hard to get somebody to invest the time - everybody wants to be famous rather than be a good musician.
Nowadays it's hard to get somebody to invest the time - everybody wants to be famous rather than be a good musician.
जब आप किसी कमरे में बैठे हों और कोई कुछ करे या कहे और अचानक दिमाग में कोई विचार, कोई खयाल या धुन आ जाए - तो उसे तुरंत थाम लो क्योंकि वह पलभर में गायब हो जाएगी।
When you are sitting in a room and somebody does something or says something and a thought comes, an idea or a melody - you have to just grab it while it's there because it will go away.
When you are sitting in a room and somebody does something or says something and a thought comes, an idea or a melody - you have to just grab it while it's there because it will go away.
मुझे मिली सबसे अच्छी सलाहों में से एक यह थी कि किसी और की बेहतरीन नकल करने से बेहतर है कि मैं खुद का एक बुरा वर्जन ही बनूं।
Some of the best advice I was given was that me doing a bad version of me is better than me doing a good version of someone else.
Some of the best advice I was given was that me doing a bad version of me is better than me doing a good version of someone else.
अमेरिका में अपने घर पर, मुझे लगता है कि वहाँ हमेशा कुछ नया और सबसे बेहतरीन पाने की होड़ लगी रहती है, पर नया हमेशा नया ही रहता है। लेकिन जब आप फ्रांस या इंग्लैंड की बात करते हैं, तो वहाँ लोग किसी कलाकार के इतिहास को देखते हैं और इस तरह के संगीत के मामले में वे अपनी जड़ों की तरफ लौटते हैं। वे थोड़ा पीछे जाकर चीजों को समझते हैं। मुझे लगता है कि अमेरिका में संगीत की बहुत अच्छी समझ है और वहाँ परफॉर्म करना एक अच्छा अनुभव है।
At home in the states, I think there's a tendency in the states to go for the latest, greatest thing. The latest, greatest is the latest greatest. I think when you're talking about France, England, things like that, they look for the history of an artist and they go back when it comes to music like this anyway. They will go back a little bit further. I think the United States is very knowledgeable and it's a good place to play.
At home in the states, I think there's a tendency in the states to go for the latest, greatest thing. The latest, greatest is the latest greatest. I think when you're talking about France, England, things like that, they look for the history of an artist and they go back when it comes to music like this anyway. They will go back a little bit further. I think the United States is very knowledgeable and it's a good place to play.
मैं हमेशा कहता हूँ कि मेरी संगीत की शिक्षा बहुत बेहतरीन रही क्योंकि उसमें संगीत की हर शैली को शामिल किया गया था और मुझे ऐसा ही पसंद है।
I like to say that I had a really good musical education because it was inclusive of all styles of music and I like it like that.
I like to say that I had a really good musical education because it was inclusive of all styles of music and I like it like that.
जिस स्कूल में मैं पढ़ता था, वहाँ अगर आपके माता-पिता फॉर्म पर दस्तखत कर दें और आपकी ज़िम्मेदारी ले लें, तो आप बिल्कुल किसी लाइब्रेरी की किताब की तरह वहां से वाद्य यंत्र घर ले जा सकते थे। कुछ समय तक इस्तेमाल करने के बाद आप तय कर सकते थे कि क्या आप संगीत सीखना चाहते हैं या अपना खुद का सामान खरीदना चाहते हैं। या फिर आप उस वाद्य यंत्र को वापस करके दूसरा आज़मा सकते थे। गिटार मेरे हाथों में इसी तरह आया था।
At the school where I went you were able to check out instruments like you check out a library book, if your parents signed for you and vouched for you. Then after you had it for a little while you could decide if you were interested in taking lessons or you could also get your own gear. Or you could turn that instrument in for another one and try something else. So that's how I got my hands on the guitar.
At the school where I went you were able to check out instruments like you check out a library book, if your parents signed for you and vouched for you. Then after you had it for a little while you could decide if you were interested in taking lessons or you could also get your own gear. Or you could turn that instrument in for another one and try something else. So that's how I got my hands on the guitar.
मेरा परिवार संगीत से जुड़ा हुआ था। मेरे पिता दक्षिण में संगीत से जुड़े थे, और मेरी माँ व दादी गॉस्पेल संगीत से जुड़ी थीं, इसलिए घर में हर तरह का संगीत था। वही मेरी प्रेरणा थी।
My family was into music. My dad was into music down south. My mom and grandmother were into gospel music so there were all types. That was my inspiration.
My family was into music. My dad was into music down south. My mom and grandmother were into gospel music so there were all types. That was my inspiration.
मुझ जैसे कलाकारों के लिए, अस्सी के दशक में यह चिंता नहीं करनी पड़ती थी कि फेसबुक पर पच्चीस हजार फॉलोअर्स कैसे बढ़ाएं। आपको यह नहीं सोचना पड़ता था कि आप जिस भी क्लब या जगह पर परफॉर्म करने जा रहे हैं, वहाँ वाले कहेंगे कि यह वीडियो डालो, फेसबुक पर शेयर करो... लेकिन आज के समय में सिर्फ एक संगीतकार बनकर रहना काफी नहीं रह गया है।
For artists like me, I think the times that just say the 80's alone, you didn't have to worry about getting twenty-five thousand Facebook followers. You didn't have to worry about every club, every venue you play, where the venues say well you know can you put up this video, put up that Facebook, put up... Nowadays it's really like you just can't be a musician alone.
For artists like me, I think the times that just say the 80's alone, you didn't have to worry about getting twenty-five thousand Facebook followers. You didn't have to worry about every club, every venue you play, where the venues say well you know can you put up this video, put up that Facebook, put up... Nowadays it's really like you just can't be a musician alone.
ज़रा सोचिए और ईमानदारी से बताइए कि पिछले पांच, छह, सात या आठ वर्षों में आपने ऐसे कितने बैंडों के बारे में सुना है जिन्हें कभी लाइव परफॉर्म करते नहीं देखा गया? न कभी उनका कोई रिकॉर्ड आया, न वे किसी और के बैंड में दिखे, और अचानक से वे दुनिया के सबसे बड़े सितारे बन गए। मेरे लिए यह सब सोशल मीडिया वाला संगीत है। मैं यह नहीं कह रहा कि यह सही है या गलत, लेकिन हकीकत यही है।
Just think about it, be honest, how many groups have you heard of in the last five or six, seven, eight years that you never heard of playing live? You never heard of them making a record. You never heard of them in anybody else's band, and all of a sudden they're the biggest thing going. That to me, that's to me social media music. I'm not saying it's right or it's wrong but it is what it is.
Just think about it, be honest, how many groups have you heard of in the last five or six, seven, eight years that you never heard of playing live? You never heard of them making a record. You never heard of them in anybody else's band, and all of a sudden they're the biggest thing going. That to me, that's to me social media music. I'm not saying it's right or it's wrong but it is what it is.
मैंने कई लोगों के साथ काम किया है और मुझे ऐसे लोगों के साथ खेलना पसंद है जिनके साथ मज़ा आता है, ऐसे लोग जिनके साथ मेरा तालमेल संगीत के अलावा भी अच्छा हो, क्या आप समझे? जिनके साथ आप खुलकर मज़ाक कर सकें, क्योंकि जब आप स्टूडियो के भारी दबाव के बीच होते हैं, तो यह बॉन्डिंग बहुत काम आती है।
I've worked with a lot of people and I like to play with people when it's fun, and people that I have fun with independent of music, do you know what I mean? Where you can just joke and kid around, because you can joke and kid around with somebody and when you get in the pressure cooker of the studio then you can it's just something.
I've worked with a lot of people and I like to play with people when it's fun, and people that I have fun with independent of music, do you know what I mean? Where you can just joke and kid around, because you can joke and kid around with somebody and when you get in the pressure cooker of the studio then you can it's just something.
आजकल 'ब्लूज़' संगीत के दायरे में बहुत सारी अलग-अलग शैलियों को शामिल कर लिया गया है। मुझे लगता है कि जो लोग पिछले दस-पंद्रह सालों में इस संगीत से जुड़े हैं, उनके लिए 'ब्लूज़' का मतलब मुझसे बिल्कुल अलग है। इसलिए मुझे भी यह स्वीकार करना होगा कि जिसे ब्लूज़ कहा जाता है उसका दायरा अब काफी बढ़ गया है। जो लोग इस विधा में नए हैं, उन्हें शायद यह देखने के लिए पीछे मुड़कर देखना पड़ेगा कि आज जिसे ब्लूज़ कहा जाता है, उसकी असल शुरुआत कहाँ से हुई थी। अगर आप मेरी बात समझ पा रहे हैं।
Nowadays blues in particular has a wide, wide, wide, wide net of everything that's called blues. I think if somebody's coming to it in the last ten years or whatever, or even fifteen years, what their experience is what is called blues is different from mine. I have to expand my range of what's been called the blues. I think somebody who's new to it would have to go back and to see what is called blues now, where it came from. If that makes sense.
Nowadays blues in particular has a wide, wide, wide, wide net of everything that's called blues. I think if somebody's coming to it in the last ten years or whatever, or even fifteen years, what their experience is what is called blues is different from mine. I have to expand my range of what's been called the blues. I think somebody who's new to it would have to go back and to see what is called blues now, where it came from. If that makes sense.