A biography for KKhasn’t been written yet.
“I'm not too much of a visual guy. I'd rather sit at home than be seen at public spaces.”
“The first ever song I performed on stage was 'Fernando' by Abba.”
“I'm not interested in making songs for films.”
“It's just that my constitution doesn't allow me to stand next to people who smoke.”
“I am happy getting good songs. I am happy not getting awards.”
“It was a very stagnant existence that I was leading. I was doing jingles, producing jingles, advertising, and all that. But there was only that much I could do. I was getting to a dead-end.”
“Why would anybody hire a someone who is copying someone else when he can get the original one?”
“I am a reclusive kind of a guy, I get uncomfortable when there's a crowd, except when on stage.”
“Singing is in my genes.”
“Arijit Singh is a great singer who came from a reality show, but it took him so many years to breakthrough.”
“I sang at school and college festivals in Delhi and won prizes too, but it was just a hobby back then.”
“When you're singing someone else's song, you're doing a job. You devote three or four hours of your life. You understand what the music director wants, his psyche and figure out how much of that you want to take in to make the song your own.”
“I am like a Jekyll and Hyde. The moment I step on stage, I feel a different surge of energy within.”
“I believe that you should make music that appeals to you first - if it doesn't, how are you going to sell it to others?”
“There are two sides to a coin. My real persona is laidback. But when I get on stage, I am completely different.”
“I can't act for peanuts. Years ago, I was offered a film but I refused point-blank.”
“Designers can give your house a classy and contemporary look but not a homely look.”
“I connect with my fans by performing live or when I meet them in person at malls, on the roads, or anywhere else. They come to me with lot of love and passion, and lot of faith in my music, so that's when I oblige them.”
“I can sing any song today unless it is classical, because classical needs a lot of training and I haven't learnt that. I can do light classical though.”
“It is only at shows when fans keep asking me to sing a particular song that I end up realising that it's a big hit.”