A maestro of Indian classical music, multiple-Grammy winner and a global ambassador of tabla, Ustad Zakir Hussain passed away at the age of 73 from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Remembering his best quotes...
"I am not torchbearer of Indian classical music."
"Each instrument has a spirit that can guide you to say what they want to say. So that's what we are discovering with tabla."
"Don't worry about being a great master or guru, just try to be a great student...
As long as you are a great student, the well of knowledge will not dry up."
"I've never wanted to fit in Abbaji's shoes and am happy to walk in my own."
"The tradition is the father is supposed to recite a prayer in the baby's ear, welcoming the baby... My father didn't give aazan but started playing tabla near my ear. Everybody wondered what my father was doing? He said that my aazan was only this. I am a pujari of Saraswati and therefore this is my prayer."
"Arey huzoor, Wah Taj boliye!"