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M. S. Subbulakshmi Quotes (1916-2004)
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About M. S. Subbulakshmi
Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi (September 16, 1916 β December 11, 2004) was an Indian Carnatic singer from Madurai, Tamil Nadu. She was the first musician ever to be awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour. She is the first Indian musician to receive the Ramon Magsaysay award, often considered Asia's Nobel Prize.
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βMy greatest fear is giving performances. I feel I am responsible for the audience BUT I am also scared of them.β
βIndian music is oriented solely to the end of divine communication. If I have done something in this respect entirely due to the grace of the Almighty who has chosen my humble self as a tool.β
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βEven if Subbalakshmi merely recited the words of her songs without singing them, he would prefer to hear them than anybody else.β
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βOh! Who am I; a mere Prime Minister before the queen of song.β
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βSarojini Naidu repositioned her own title of Nightingale of India on to Subbalakshmiβs avian frame, it was because that daughter of Bengal saw the gift of song arriving and alighting on this daughter of Indiaβs south, like a migratory bird from the collective genius of our music.β
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βLata Mangeshkar called her Tapaswini (the Renunciate).β
About M. S. Subbulakshmi
Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi (September 16, 1916 β December 11, 2004) was an Indian Carnatic singer from Madurai, Tamil Nadu. She was the first musician ever to be awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour. She is the first Indian musician to receive the Ramon Magsaysay award, often considered Asia's Nobel Prize.