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Nusrat F. A. Khan

"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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"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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"In the last century, everybody was singing lower."

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"I prefer to sing in the shower 'cause the acoustics are really, really good, I mean, when you're singing against the tile walls then you really hear yourself, hear your voice, you know, throwing itself back at you."

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"I was singing about six notes higher than I had to, in a range that kept me up in a bubblegum sound."

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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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"In his day, the audience was well aware of the music, of the classical beat."
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"When people start dancing, they dance like they don't know they are doing it."
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"I also like Western classical music and jazz."
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"I have a daughter, she's twenty years old."
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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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"On the fortieth day after his death, we held the ceremony, and I performed for the very first time."
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