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Shankar, who arrived in Adelaide with his daughter over the weekend, said he had no intention of giving up play, record or write, because of his age. "Music is what keeps me going," he said. "I can never stop thinking about new things, writing new things." Anoushka, whose sister (daughter of his father with a different mother) is the jazz-pop star Norah Jones has her own career and has been playing sitar since childhood. "I started to play it with him when he was 13, but I learned from him since he was nine," he said. "It puts a little pressure on the learning, is a high standard. If your teacher is amazing, then your education is unbelievable. " Shankar was largely responsible for introducing Indian music to Western culture in the 1960s. His appearance at the Woodstock and Monterey festivals in the 1960s made him a star in the United States.His work remains an influence on many styles of music. He has just completed a symphony of sitar, which will have its debut, played by the London Philharmonic in London in July. He said his famous partnership with Western musicians like the violinist Yehudi Menuhin and Beatle George Harrison helped him on his way to a long and successful career. "Knowing people like Menuhin had an impact because it immediately became well known my music," he said. Shankar played in Australia for over 25 years. Those who have the privilege of seeing with his daughter Anoushka in Adelaide, Sydney or Melbourne over the next two weeks will begin the musical knowledge and have the company of a true master of music.