मुझे यह एहसास होने से पहले ही कि मैं एक संगीतकार हूँ, मैं धुनें बनाने लगा था। यह सब मेरे भीतर स्वाभाविक रूप से आ रहा था। मेरे पड़ोस में दो बुज़ुर्ग महिलाएं रहती थीं, और मैं अपने घर से ज़्यादा उनके यहाँ वक्त बिताता था, क्योंकि वहाँ वे सारी अद्भुत चीज़ें थीं जो अक्सर बुज़ुर्गों के पास होती हैं। उनके पास एक पियानो था, और मैं अक्सर उस पर हाथ आज़माता था; उन्होंने मुझे संगीत पढ़ना सिखाया और मैं उनके सामने धुनें बजाता था।
I was composing before I realised I was a composer. It came more or less naturally. There were a couple of old ladies lived next door to me, and I frequented their house more than I did my own, because it had all those marvellous things in that that old ladies do have. And they had a piano, and I used to play around with that; they showed me how to read music and I used to play to them.
I was composing before I realised I was a composer. It came more or less naturally. There were a couple of old ladies lived next door to me, and I frequented their house more than I did my own, because it had all those marvellous things in that that old ladies do have. And they had a piano, and I used to play around with that; they showed me how to read music and I used to play to them.
संगीत केवल सुनने के लिए होता है, इसके अलावा मैं इसकी कोई और वजह नहीं सोच सकता। हाँ, अगर आप ईश्वर में विश्वास रखते हैं, तो बात अलग है, पर मुझे नहीं लगता कि भगवान को इसमें कोई खास दिलचस्पी होगी। मुझे पूरा यकीन है कि जब बाख़ (Bach) भगवान की महिमा के लिए लिख रहे थे, तो वे यह बिल्कुल नहीं सोच रहे होंगे कि भगवान नाश्ते के वक्त बैठकर उनकी रचनाएं सुनेंगे। मेरा मानना है कि इसके पीछे सिर्फ़ पेट भरने से कहीं बड़े मक़सद रहे होंगे।
Music is for people to hear, I can't think of anything else it could be for. Unless you believe in God, and I don't think God really would be all that interested. I'm sure when Bach wrote for the greater glory of God, he really didn't think that God was going to sit down at breakfast and listen to his cantatas. I think he meant for higher purposes than earning a living.
Music is for people to hear, I can't think of anything else it could be for. Unless you believe in God, and I don't think God really would be all that interested. I'm sure when Bach wrote for the greater glory of God, he really didn't think that God was going to sit down at breakfast and listen to his cantatas. I think he meant for higher purposes than earning a living.
एक मुसाफ़िर के तौर पर मैं कभी खुश नहीं रहा, मैं जहाँ भी गया, मुझे कभी अपना घर जैसा सुकून नहीं मिला—यहाँ तक कि स्पेन में भी नहीं, जहाँ मुझे सबसे ज़्यादा अपनापन महसूस हुआ था, फिर भी मैं वहाँ एक विदेशी ही था। मुझे ऑस्ट्रेलिया की बहुत याद आती थी, और मैं बता नहीं सकता क्यों। बात बस इतनी थी कि वही मेरी दुनिया थी जिसमें मैं बड़ा हुआ था और उसी से जुड़ी चीज़ों को मैं अपने जीवन में सार्थक बनाना चाहता था।
I was not happy as a traveller, I did not feel really at home anywhere I went, even in Spain which was the most I felt at home, I still was a foreigner. I missed Australia, and I can't tell why. It's just this is what I grew up with and this is the things I wanted to make meaning of in my life.
I was not happy as a traveller, I did not feel really at home anywhere I went, even in Spain which was the most I felt at home, I still was a foreigner. I missed Australia, and I can't tell why. It's just this is what I grew up with and this is the things I wanted to make meaning of in my life.
मैंने हमेशा पियानो पर काम किया है; मुझे यह सुनना पसंद है कि मैं क्या कर रहा हूँ, मुझे उसकी आवाज़ अच्छी लगती है, उसकी असली आवाज़ सुनना सुकून देता है। सिर्फ़ कागज़ पर लिखे नोट्स को देखते रहना मुझे बोर कर देता है।
I've always worked at the piano; I like to hear what I'm doing, I like the sound, to hear the actual sound. I get bored just looking at a manuscript.
I've always worked at the piano; I like to hear what I'm doing, I like the sound, to hear the actual sound. I get bored just looking at a manuscript.
एक बात जो मैंने कभी नहीं की, वह यह कि मैं अपनी तकनीकों को लेकर कभी बहुत सख्त नहीं रहा। हो सकता है अतीत में मैंने कभी-कभी ऐसा दिखावा किया हो कि मैं क्रमिक (सीरियल) तरीके से काम कर रहा हूँ, पर मैंने कभी ऐसा नहीं किया; मैंने हमेशा अपने कानों की आवाज़ को ही यह तय करने दिया कि मुझे क्या करना है।
The one thing I never did, I was never strict in my techniques. I might have pretended in the past at times that I did work serially, or something like that, but I never did, it was always I let my ear tell me what to do.
The one thing I never did, I was never strict in my techniques. I might have pretended in the past at times that I did work serially, or something like that, but I never did, it was always I let my ear tell me what to do.
आप एक सीमा तक ही कुछ कर सकते हैं; इसलिए मैं यही पसंद करता हूँ कि सीमित चीज़ें ही करूँ पर उनमें पूरी गहराई तक उतरूँ।
There's only just so much you can do; I prefer to do only a couple of things and go to some depth in them.
There's only just so much you can do; I prefer to do only a couple of things and go to some depth in them.
मैंने संगीत हमेशा खुद ही सीखा है, जब मैं रचनाएं कर रहा था तब मार्गदर्शन के लिए मेरे पास कोई नहीं था।
I was always self-taught, there was no-one to study with when I was doing composition.
I was always self-taught, there was no-one to study with when I was doing composition.
मुझे यह एहसास होने से पहले ही कि मैं एक संगीतकार हूँ, मैं धुनें बनाने लगा था। मेरा मतलब है कि यह सब मेरे भीतर स्वाभाविक रूप से आ रहा था।
I was composing before I realised I was a composer. I mean it came more or less naturally.
I was composing before I realised I was a composer. I mean it came more or less naturally.
संगीत का अध्ययन करते समय आपका सामना एक इंसान से होता है, न कि सिर्फ़ कागज़ पर लिखे कुछ निशानों से। यह समझना बहुत ज़रूरी है कि उस इंसान के असल व्यक्तित्व और कागज़ पर उकेरी गई उसकी रचना के बीच का रिश्ता क्या है। मैं नहीं जानता कि मैं चीज़ों को ज़रूरत से ज़्यादा जटिल मान रहा हूँ या नहीं, लेकिन अक्सर लोग वे काम भी करते हैं जो उनके स्वभाव के अनुकूल नहीं होते, सिर्फ़ इसलिए क्योंकि उन्हें लगता है कि उन्हें ऐसा ही करना चाहिए।
In studying music, you're dealing with a person, not just what comes to you on a piece of paper, and it's important to get hold of what it is that lies between that person as a person, and the things which they're producing on the paper. I don't know whether I see things in too complex a fashion, but often people will do things which are not actually their nature, but will do things because they think that's what they should do.
In studying music, you're dealing with a person, not just what comes to you on a piece of paper, and it's important to get hold of what it is that lies between that person as a person, and the things which they're producing on the paper. I don't know whether I see things in too complex a fashion, but often people will do things which are not actually their nature, but will do things because they think that's what they should do.
शुरुआत में संगीत सीखने में मुझे बहुत संघर्ष करना पड़ा क्योंकि मैं ठीक से ताल (रिदम) के हिसाब से नहीं सोच पाता था। हालांकि वह एक समान गति वाली लय थी, फिर भी मैं उसकी धुन और ठहराव को सही से ढाल नहीं पा रहा था, मेरा अंदाज़ बहुत ज़्यादा पश्चिमी था। सही रूप में सोचना सीखने में मुझे काफ़ी समय लगा, और इसे सीखने का एकमात्र ज़रिया मेरा कान (संगीत की समझ) ही था।
I had great difficulties learning to play initially because I could not think rhythmically properly, although it's an even-paced rhythm, I was not phrasing properly, I was too Western. It took me a while to learn to think in needed form, and the only way I could learn was just by ear.
I had great difficulties learning to play initially because I could not think rhythmically properly, although it's an even-paced rhythm, I was not phrasing properly, I was too Western. It took me a while to learn to think in needed form, and the only way I could learn was just by ear.
हम जिस किसी भी चीज़ से प्रेम करते हैं, वह किसी न किसी रूप में बाहर आ ही जाती है, लेकिन एक बार जब वह आपके दिमाग़ में समा जाती है, तो वह कई प्रक्रियाओं से गुज़रती है और नए रूपों और आकारों में ढलकर बाहर आती है।
Anything that we love seems to always come out in some form or another, but once it gets into your brain, these things get processed, and they come out in new shapes and forms.
Anything that we love seems to always come out in some form or another, but once it gets into your brain, these things get processed, and they come out in new shapes and forms.
मेरे मन में कभी यह विचार ही नहीं आया कि अपना खुद का संगीत लिखना कोई अजीब बात है, इसलिए मैं बस छोटी-छोटी धुनें और ऐसी ही चीज़ें कागज़ पर उतार लिया करता था। और मुझे लगता है कि यह बात सालों बाद की है, जब मैं शायद नौ साल का रहाहूंगा, तब मुझे एहसास हुआ कि 'कंपोजिंग' यानी संगीत रचना जैसी भी कोई चीज़ होती है।
It never occurred to me that there was anything odd about writing my own music, and so I used to just jot down little ditties and things like that. And it was only in later years I suppose when I was about nine or so, that I realised there was this thing called composing.
It never occurred to me that there was anything odd about writing my own music, and so I used to just jot down little ditties and things like that. And it was only in later years I suppose when I was about nine or so, that I realised there was this thing called composing.
मैं संगीत का इस्तेमाल एक ऐसे साधन के रूप में करता हूँ जिससे मुझे—मुझे यह शब्द इस्तेमाल करने से नफ़रत है—एक तरह का आध्यात्मिक मार्गदर्शन मिलता है, रोज़मर्रा की छोटी-मोट चीज़ों से ऊपर उठकर किसी उच्चतर वास्तविकता का अहसास होता है। मैं यह समझने के लिए इमैनुअल कांट की किताबें नहीं पढ़ रहा हूँ कि सौंदर्य का अनुभव क्या है या मैं खुद को समझ पाऊँ। लेकिन मैं पूरी निष्ठा से इसमें विश्वास रखता हूँ, भले ही आज के दौर में ऐसा सोचने वाले बहुत कम लोग बचे हों।
I use music as something from which I obtain some form of - I hate to use the word spiritual - guidance, an awareness of something more than the day-to-day or the petty. I am not reading Emanuel Kant to try to embark on a task of seeing if I can understand myself, what the aesthetic experience is. But I wholeheartedly believe in it, even though I think not too many do nowadays.
I use music as something from which I obtain some form of - I hate to use the word spiritual - guidance, an awareness of something more than the day-to-day or the petty. I am not reading Emanuel Kant to try to embark on a task of seeing if I can understand myself, what the aesthetic experience is. But I wholeheartedly believe in it, even though I think not too many do nowadays.