"You know, you come from India and you say, 'OK, I'm representing a 3,000-year-old history,' so you think you're gonna teach the world about rhythms and drums... and then you arrive here. You suddenly realize that you know nothing. You're just one little dot in the painting that is the music of the universe."
"Because this is my prayer... My mother was very upset and said, 'Why are you doing this?' And he said, 'Because this is my prayer.'"
"I was the only kid on the block who was walking down the street with a boombox on my shoulder, playing as loud as I could 'Light My Fire.'"
"His father, Alla Rakha, was considered one of the world's greatest player's of tabla, a centuries-old Indian hand drum. His father taught Hussain how to play the tabla when he was 7 years old."
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