The thought content of ghazals must be meaningful, related to life, it’s emotions of joy and sorrow. It must have the human touch, it should not be phoney.

The moment one brings competition into music, the soul is lost.

I can't give you the white picket fence, and if I did, you'd set it on fire.

Every marriage tends to consist of an aristocrat and a peasant. Of a teacher and a learner.

Some people in this life really enjoy being sent up and Nicholas Parsons is one of them because he's a sadomasochist.

If you don't disturb yourself, like a broken gong does not vibrate, then you have achieved nirvana. Irritability no longer exists for you.

What does bother me is that I have to spend time and energy dealing with the ramifications of what people do think about me.

Maturity does not always come with age; sometimes age comes alone.

That's my anxiety dream. I go to the library and all the books on my subject are out.

Hope that there are many, many small leaders.

We have all had serendipitous moments - the most unlikely meetings out of nowhere - that can happen when we have this quality of deep acceptance towards ourselves.

Sin has the devil for its father, shame for its companion, and death for its wages.