“My music is mostly for the music. And it gives the liberty to do anyth...” — A. R. Rahman Quote

“My music is mostly for the music. And it gives the liberty to do anything which I want. And nobody limits me to one genre of music. But I learn from life and I try to give back to life, in a way, whether it's the thought of the song or whether it's the approach to the arrangement or anything.”

“The more dollars the studio producers put in, the less freedom we have. If the budget hits $100m, they get scared - they'll take the existing score of a successful movie and expect composers to copy it, like wallpaper. The biggest challenge for any composer in Hollywood is to be as creative as possible within those boundaries.”

“Why, in such a case, should the performer essay any sort of considered approach at all?”

“When I approached Volume 1 of 'Lucid,' I realized I could tell something that only exists in four issues, or I could roll the dice a bit and approach this as Season 1 of a TV show.”

“I want to find my own rhythm and style. That's probably the harder way to approach it, but I think it will pay off in the long run.”