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Nusrat F. A. Khan

"I was just studying with my father, a very difficult task for me since he was a great, great Qawwali singer."

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"I was just studying with my father, a very difficult task for me since he was a great, great Qawwali singer."

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"My Dad died during the flu epidemic in 1918 when I was 4 years old. He left a lot of classical recordings behind that I began listening to at an early age, so he must have been a music lover."

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"I also like Western classical music and jazz."
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"On the fortieth day after his death, we held the ceremony, and I performed for the very first time."
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"He didn't want me to become a musician, he wanted me to be a doctor, because he said singing was too hard."
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"I have tried to make the music a bit easier for them to understand."
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"Yes, I tried to change the classical style in a way that people who don't understand it can enjoy."
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"Yes, you've got to sing from the depths of the heart."
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"When people start dancing, they dance like they don't know they are doing it."
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