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Life is not defined by what you achieve, but what you give.

All the good times evaporated like naphtha, the moment some air of misconceptions touched it.

I believe in love but I don't sit around waiting for it.

The first lesson is that you can't lose a war if you have command of the air, and you can't win a war if you haven't.

In the '50s, a lot of girls never saw beyond the wedding day.

Children who can barely say maa, pappa, are saying Ab ki baar Modi sarkar. This is the power of democracy.

I don't feel particularly attached to Israel - 'nationalism,' as Noam Chomsky said, 'is not my cup of tea' - but I feel no particular need to demonize it.

Music is the journey. You never arrive in music; the work is never over.

When you publish a book, it's the world's book. The world edits it.

Song is the licensed medium for bawling in public things too silly or sacred to be uttered in ordinary speech.