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I have too many responsibilities and principles. There's no time for 'guilty' pleasures.

- A. R. Rahman
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After a point of time, when you get success and fame, money and everything, the purpose of life has to be redefined. For me, I think that purpose is to build bridges. Artists can do that very easily, more than politicians.

I like to see a film and then start scoring it in my mind while doing something unrelated. You just grasp a film and start working, and something unpredictable comes out from a third element. The mind, the more active it is, the more productive it is.

The more dollars the studio producers put in, the less freedom we have. If the budget hits $100m, they get scared - they'll take the existing score of a successful movie and expect composers to copy it, like wallpaper. The biggest challenge for any composer in Hollywood is to be as creative as possible within those boundaries.

My kids miss me when I'm away, but I don't mind living out of a suitcase. The U.K., U.S., France, Germany, Iraq... it's such a thrill meeting people of different cultures, learning about and from them. It's changed my perception about life, humanity and spirituality.

Music is the only passion I shamelessly indulge in. However, for recreation I enjoy watching movies. 'Wizard of Oz' was the first film I ever saw, followed by the 'Bond' movies. I also watch a lot of World cinema through DVDs mostly brought by one of my best friends who's now based in Toronto.

Some things are very low profile, but if they excite me creatively, I accept them. Sometimes there are high-profile projects, and you have to do it. We all have human limitations. It is a painful decision to turn things down. Even accepting 'Slumdog Millionaire' was a decision that I had to sacrifice another project.

I believe that whatever comes at a particular time is a blessing from God.

For me, there is no day or night for music. I often work through the night - without phone calls disturbing me.

The more I compose, the more I know that I don't know it all. I think it's a good way to start. If you think you know it all, the work becomes a repetition of what you've already done. I try to make sure that I don't repeat my music.

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I have too many responsibilities and principles. There's no time for 'guilty' pleasures.

I have too many responsibilities and principles. There's no time for 'guilty' pleasures.

I have too many responsibilities and principles. There's no time for 'guilty' pleasures.

I have too many responsibilities and principles. There's no time for 'guilty' pleasures.

I have too many responsibilities and principles. There's no time for 'guilty' pleasures.

I have too many responsibilities and principles. There's no time for 'guilty' pleasures.

I have too many responsibilities and principles. There's no time for 'guilty' pleasures.

I have too many responsibilities and principles. There's no time for 'guilty' pleasures.

I have too many responsibilities and principles. There's no time for 'guilty' pleasures.

I have too many responsibilities and principles. There's no time for 'guilty' pleasures.

I have too many responsibilities and principles. There's no time for 'guilty' pleasures.

I have too many responsibilities and principles. There's no time for 'guilty' pleasures.

I have too many responsibilities and principles. There's no time for 'guilty' pleasures.

I have too many responsibilities and principles. There's no time for 'guilty' pleasures.

I have too many responsibilities and principles. There's no time for 'guilty' pleasures.