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“When you hear a romantic song, the feeling is incomparable.”
“I get excited when I sing in a new language.”
“Ustad Ghulam Ali has been a huge influence and has guided me constantly. In fact, it was he who suggested I change my stage name to Javed Ali from Javed Hussain.”
“Music has no language barriers and this has been proved right several times by the Chennai audience.”
“Sufi music talks about connecting people. It talks about connecting hearts and connecting man with God. Everything that talks about connection is Sufi.”
“When I was recording 'Kun-Faaya-Kun,' I did it like I was offering Namaaz.”
“Your knowledge remains limited if you just listen to your songs but you grow as a singer when you listen to other singers' work - their style, accent and modulation. You end up absorbing new things.”
“I enjoy singing in different languages, be it Telugu or Bengali. I would like to sing in Malayalam too.”
“Coming from a middle class background, I faced a lot of hardships during my initial years in Mumbai. I did not have much money and had to sing jingles and bhajans to survive. But those years taught me that a singer should be versatile.”
“One of the interesting things about watching a kid perform is that they are too innocent to understand how talented they are... they have no inhibitions. If you ask them to sing, they will sing based on whatever training and practice they have.”
“To be honest, I hadn't realised the greatness of film music till I was exposed to film songs after I started living in Mumbai.”
“For listeners, the song 'Kehne ko jashn-e-baharaa hai' looks a very easy number. In fact, it was a challenge to sing the song as I had to really suppress my voice and make it appear like a casual track.”
“When I came to Mumbai, I realised an individual should be versatile, and in playback singing you have different genres where you can explore yourself.”
“I don't think I am hero material.”
“From my early training days, I am an avid listener of heavy music which is laced with proper diction and effective use of grammar of music.”
“Eventually, I began singing in various shows. It was then that I started appreciating the breadth and depth of Hindi film music.”
“I never thought I would do a reality show.”
“I am very fond of western genres, including EDM.”
“I have sung songs for several actors in movies, including Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan. Unfortunately, even after singing songs for their movies like 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan' and 'Raees,' the two actors have not lip-synced them on screen.”
“By the time one song gains popularity, another one is introduced.”