Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person's own mind than on the externals in the world.

Songs should follow the state of mind of the actor on screen. It can be grammatically perfect, you know, with all those embellishments that the ustads are good at, only if you're singing for a film on, say, the life of Tansen.

Love me or hate me, both are in my favor...If you love me, I'll always be in your heart... If you hate me, I'll always be in your mind.

He who lives in our mind is near though he may actually be far away; but he who is not in our heart is far though he may really be nearby.

Memories which someday will become all beautiful when the last annoyance that encumbers them shall have faded out of our minds.

I think if this country gets any kinder or gentler, it's literally going to cease to exist.