If you want to learn my music, then forget about the audience and other such notions. I...

Maai: If you want to learn my music, then forget about the audience and other such notions. I do not sing for the audience or for patrons. I have no interest in showing off how many complex Raags I have mastered or how much training I have. I sing only for my Guru and for God. The other day, someone asked me, "Maai, but shouldn't we choose the Raag depending on the audience present?" I said "there are 200 people in a room. And 200 people have 200 minds. How many people will you try to please? Are you a circus monkey?" We have plenty of performers around, who perform all sorts of vocal acrobatics in the name of classical music. Fortunately, that's not the kind of training I got from my Guruji. He would always say, "Once you close your eyes and utter the first note, nothing other than the Raag must be allowed to enter your mind. Then it does not matter, even if you fail that day... because at least you tried with sincerity."