 Dancing is something very special to me and I'm spiritual for me and I wanted to know How do you see dance fitting in this spiritual space? Well, I I'm not I'm sorry. I'm not really seeing you dancing, but people told me you're a great dancer I Heard that tomorrow you're releasing some new album or something. I will check that out the connection Uh-huh. Yeah, and um, it is it is a really really cool One of my biggest and let me say that I know you shouldn't say that yourself. I will watch it and tell you how cool it is Okay, well, yeah recently got to travel to Michael Jackson's estate here in In the valley they call it the Havenhurst Jackson estate and I thought it was So amazing because the first concert that I ever went to as a child was a Michael Jackson concert And I also got to Shake his hand and he is influenced my life You're supposed to shake a leg with him, huh? Not a hand You know what he was shooting the video I didn't get the chance to shake a leg But um, it was it was a very profound experience for me because I remembered um, I remembered uh How much he's influenced my purpose in being a musician a lot of a lot of people make music to sell records And I've done that, you know, I started at the precious age of 15. That's when I put out my first album I'll be 36 in Actually like two weeks so my my purpose and my meaning for sharing and connecting with people all over the planet has continued to grow and change and It was so cool for my album the connection to be able to go to the Havenhurst estate and You know speak about his influence. So the album is um a really meaningful album and um That's what I want to continue to do as an artist is just continue to give people the tool to Be positive and feel good with music and um one of the questions that I have was um a lot of composing music singing dancing and performing on stage um Is a spiritual thing How can I tap into a deeper dimensions of that in my life and um, how can I you piled up two questions one on top of another man? Okay, the one I'm sorry I got excited So yeah, see Michael Jackson Had the power to inspire a whole generation of people what he did was so unique and eye catching Anywhere in the world. I'm telling you in the remotest part of India in some village where there is no nothing They know Michael Jackson. I mean that's a level of inspiration. He brought in a whole lot of youth dancing like him in India In imitation of him so that was a powerful possibility, but I'm sorry if I say something that hurts anybody But I feel his life could have been, you know, he could have Made this into really transforming the world in some way, but unfortunately I feel No proper guidance around him. No proper advisors And all commercial people I think it went waste because just five days ago. I was at the Elvis priestly Museum in Memphis as a part of the journey when we were coming back. We stopped at Memphis Also went to martin luther king's, you know that place where the assassination happened So when I was at Elvis's place, also, that's what I thought he also for two decades He dominated the music scene inspired a whole generation of people But his own life became a total mess because There is no proper Guidance, there is no balance. There is genius, but there is no balance So This is a sad story that's happened to a whole lot of great talent in the world, particularly in America Because people grow up on all the wrong things at a very early age when I say wrong things There is chemical influence. There is alcohol. There is all kinds of distractions That we must understand this always that Our intelligence, our competence, our genius, all these things are important But for all of them to find expression in the world, the most fundamental thing is balance Now you're a dancer. You ask what is the significance of dance You can be as good a dancer as you are, but if there is no stable platform, you're not going to dance, isn't it? This is all life is Whatever our dance is, whether we're going to dance on stage or in the office or wherever in whichever form our dance finds expression in the world The most important thing is a stable platform within ourselves a balance If this balance is missing all talent, all competence, all genius, all You know, whatever exuberant things you have will go waste So both this personality is one that you mentioned Michael Jackson and also Elvis Presley are a classic example of this lack of balance When there is such a massive talent that you are capable of influencing an entire generation not in one country across the world When you have that this could have been used to really Create a new generation of people new sort of planet. Actually, you can you can do this You had the power to do that. It is just the lack of balance So I'm saying oh, Mary and you better dance your way as well as you can Whatever it is, maybe it is not like everybody can be a Michael Jackson or we don't have to imitate that But a new possibility in that sphere because music and dance has such a Significant influence on the youth But bringing balance to yourself and bringing balance to everybody who gets in touch with you This millions of youth who get in touch with you I think is a fundamental responsibility because when you have the power to influence other people's lives You must ensure that the influence is very positive and it is towards their well-being never against their well-being So having said that about you asked about dance. What's the significance of dance? Whoo, come on now Oh, come on now. That's that's the truth. I'm sorry, but I had to just Balance this is so important. This is so important So in terms of dance, see I must tell you this Uh We come from a culture where all our gods dance Everywhere else. God is a serious guy Very serious guy But in India if a man if he doesn't dance, we won't treat him as a god All Indian gods male and female always dance because if they can't dance he can't be good Because dance essentially means That life is happening at seed Dancing in a particular style is a different matter If you do not know this, uh My my daughter is a full, you know, full-time classical dancer Indian classical dancer I took her off education and put her into this because it meant so much to us that You know, what is dance is not just entertainment So if you're doing a particular style of dance, it's one thing Otherwise even a child will get up and dance when it feels exuberant It's the exuberance of life Finding expression is dance When body cannot keep quiet It wants to do something exuberant it will dance Well, you guys have might have evolved your own kind of Styles and I don't know you slide on the Do you do all that like Michael Jackson Was doing Those are all, uh, you know, but uh, what do you say many methods of doing it But essentially it's the exuberance of the physical self That the best way the body can express itself is dance The highest way the body can express itself is dance actually because that is the highest level of exuberance it finds So for this also, you know balance is most important If you want to dance well, the most important thing is balance, but most people dance only when they're drunk Ha ha ha We have a night long festival once a year nearly a million people last time 870,000 people attended this event And uh, it is telecast nationwide in over 100 channels in India and all this But uh full night from evening six to morning six No alcohol no drug none of these things are you know, anywhere come near us But entire night the whole crowd will sing and dance. Okay Wow I have to see you must come and see I'll ask them to send you some videos Yes, I have to I have the experience as well. That's that's amazing See without the exuberance of uh, when your emotion becomes exuberant, maybe you will sing I am not saying a practice singer or a professional singer When emotion becomes exuberant people want to sing even those who don't know anything to sing They will also do something. Hmm. Hmm. You know, at least they will hum When the physical self becomes very exuberant. It naturally dances. That's how it should be Well styles of dancing and other things are a different matter. There are culture in it. There is various aspects to it But uh, essentially dance is an outpouring of once life's exuberance life energy is exuberant So we don't consider somebody Divine or godly unless their life energies are exuberant and overflowing