“If you practice for ten years, you may begin to please yourself, after 20 years you may become a performer and please the audience, after 30 years you may please even your guru, but you must practice for many more years before you finally become a true artist—then you may please even God.”

About Ali Akbar Khan

Musician • Indian

Ali Akbar Khan was a legendary Indian Hindustani classical musician renowned for his virtuosity on the sarod. Born into a family of distinguished musicians, he was the son of the iconic Allauddin Khan and a central...