"I accept this honour on behalf of all Hindustani vocalists who have dedicated their life to music."

"Had I not been a classical singer, I would have loved to spend my entire life in a garage fine-tuning a Fiat or a Mar…"

"Music challenged him and he pushed its boundaries."

"His exposition of a Khayal is a perfectly balanced presentation showing his excellence in all its varied components."

"Such was Joshi's talent that he effortlessly changed tracks from classical music to abhang, natyageet, semi-classical…"

"Pandit Jasraj, he was a chaumukha gayak: a man who revelled in a bhajan or a khayal with equal verve and joy"

"He was a great vocalist but even a greater human being. He used to treat me like his daughter and we used to meet fre…"

"One of the illustrious disciples of the famed, Kirana Gharana, hallowed by such great luminaries like its styliser Ab…"

"...his chiselled style was an amalgamation of the very best in the tradition of Hindustani classical music, nay music…"

"What captured the heart and soul of the discerning listener was his uncanny craftiness and skill, the unfailing imagi…"