Times are such that poetry has been slowly drifting away from our songs and the language of conversation is used a lot more as lyrics. I believe such attempts create mundane songs, and they hardly stand the test of time.
More Quotes by M. Jayachandran
Every song has a mood, a situation and a different kind of score.
Ramesh Vinayakam is a maestro music composer and a dear friend, too.
For me, music is God and each song I make is an offering at the temple of music.
Vijayalakshmi is one artiste whom I admire. There is something divine about her singing.
Actors are given songs that suit their voice and skill. At the same time, those songs which have a complicated tune and need expertise to perform should be given to trained singers.
'Celluloid' is set in the 1930s. During the decade, the folk-classical genre seems to have been in vogue. It didn't take much effort to compose because my guru Neyyattinkara Mohanachandran and his guru, M. M. Dandapani Desikar, used to sing this genre.