A biography for Anoushka Shankarhasn’t been written yet.
“You know, I think becoming a parent has really changed the way that I feel impacted by what's going on in the world around me.”
“My shows have room for a bit of improvisation. In a film, you can't have that risk; you can't have someone taking 10 seconds longer.”
“I do feel a commitment to this art form and to my father's teachings, and the older I am getting, the more I am feeling it.”
“I just felt drawn towards the kind of music that really needed a strong female presence female writers, female producers, female figures and that just kind of unfolded on its own.”
“People are more willing to dislike your music and want to find faults in you when you are given opportunities like in my case. But I think in my case, people love my work and that's why I have to work doubly hard.”
“But when culture becomes a baggage, things don't work. What is good about anything that feels like a baggage? I think we should let go when it feels like a burden. Hold on to the things you love. Then it will be a natural process.”
“I am a very curious person, not just about my life in music. I love arts and creativity.”
“I think it's helped me to have two unconventional parents, who have always encouraged me to be myself.”
“I love it that my father is such a classical musician and such a traditionalist, and at the same time has had a wild life and a crazy time.”
“Occasionally, if I'm in doubt over specific Indian classical or raga-related questions, I'll find myself going back to my lesson tapes or my father's recordings.”
“I live in the modern world, and I appreciate the most cutting-edge parts of it. But I also like to check out as much as I can.”
“When I work on someone else's record, I'm happy to alter the way I approach it, if I happen to like who they are and I'm interested in their music. But I know it's their record.”
“I would say 'Home' is a lot richer and deeper than my earlier classical.”