Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Quotes & Sayings

Yes, I tried to change the classical style in a way that people who don't understand it can enjoy. — Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

On the fortieth day after his death, we held the ceremony, and I performed for the very first time. — Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

When I sing for God, I feel myself in accord with God, and the house of God, Mecca, is right in front of me. And I worship. When I sing for Mohammed, peace be upon him, our prophet, I feel like I am sitting right next to his tomb, Medina, and paying him respect and admitting to myself that I accept his message. — Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

The musical instuments may be western but my voice never wavers away from my own ragas. it is good to make experiments and I do a lot of them but my thoughts always round the centre and that centre is the tradition of my elders and it is classical music.. — Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

He didn't want me to become a musician, he wanted me to be a doctor, because he said singing was too hard. — Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

A man learns all his life, and dies the day he thinks that he has learnt everything. — Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

In his day, the audience was well aware of the music, of the classical beat. — Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

I am not a Sufi, but I follow the Sufi. — Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

He's my elvis. I idolize Nusrat, he's a god, too — Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Yes, you've got to sing from the depths of the heart. — Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

These three elements are called Qawwali, and they've got to be there. — Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

I have a daughter, she's twenty years old. — Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

I also like Western classical music and jazz. — Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

I was just studying with my father, a very difficult task for me since he was a great, great Qawwali singer. — Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

People say that love is easy, but love spares nothing and no-one. — Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

I do listen to other music though, and try to pick up what is good. — Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Nusrat is one of the greatest singers of our time. When his singing takes off, his voice embodies soulfulness and sprituality like no other. — Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

I have tried to make the music a bit easier for them to understand. — Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

When people start dancing, they dance like they don't know they are doing it. — Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

To be a qawwal is more than being a performer, more than being an artist,One must be willing to release one's mind and soul from one's body to achieve ecstasy through music. Qawwali is enlightenment itself. — Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan