Like listening to Bombay or Yuva tracks in the middle of few ADA and JTYJN tracks, it is always refreshing when you go back and look at his old interviews...An excerpt that I liked to share below... Although Rahman's music has made him rich and famous, he remains something of a Sufi ascetic. He wears handloom shirts and jeans (though he admits to owning "suits and things" for special occasions), and drives a modest Toyota Qualis because "I don't need anything else." Gesturing at his studio, stuffed with the latest mixers and synthesizers, he says: "This is my BMW." He shares his house in Madras with his wife, his three children and his mother, who still handles his finances; Rahman asks her for money whenever he is short. "I like to be a *musafir*[vagrant] without any baggage," he says. Unlike other artists steering themselves on a predetermined career path, Rahman is a strong believer in taking a backseat. "Life is a journey, but I don't hold the steering wheel," he says. "Somebody else is controlling it. I just handle each day as it comes." Each *day*, maybe. But come the night, as the world is beginning to hear for itself, it's very much A.R. Rahman at the controls. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,501040503-629433,00.html
-- Cheers, Madhavan. Love, Music, Peace...and AR Rahman for Life
