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I remember my father playing a cassette for me when I was fifteen - Amjad Ali's 'Durga.' He said, 'This is from our part of the world. You must listen to it.' And I continued rewinding it and listening to it from early evening until midnight. By the end of it, I was nearly in tears.

I remember my father playing a cassette for me when I was fifteen - Amjad Ali's 'Durga.' He said, 'This is from our part of the world. You must listen to it.' And I continued rewinding it and listening to it from early evening until midnight. By the end of it, I was nearly in tears.


Adnan Sami  Adnan Sami
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Adnan Sami Khan (born 15 August 1971) is an Indian singer, musician, music composer, pianist and actor.[3][4] He performs Indian and Western music, including for Hindi movies. His most notable instrument is the piano. He has been credited as "the first musician to have played the santoor on the piano".[5] A review in the US-based Keyboard magazine described him as the fastest keyboard player in the world[6] and called him the keyboard discovery of the nineties.[7]

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People all over the world know me as an Indian artist. I could have chosen any other country and wouldn't have had to go through problems claiming my citizenship. But it is India where my heart is and has always been.

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Apart from being a playback singer for films, I'm also an independent musician.

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Music reflects an artist's feelings and their experiences.

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As a musician, to be part of anything that promotes peace is very rewarding.

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Whoever portrays me on screen need not necessarily be a look alike. Any hero could play my part.

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I will surely pen my autobiography.

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If someone ever decides to tell my story, it will make for a typical masala movie.

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Music, in its true essence, has got no language. You don't listen to anybody because he is black or white or because he belongs to a particular geographical region. You listen to him because you like what he does.

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