KK

“For me, it has always been a case of live life as it comes.”

“I have always been media shy, and you won't see my photos much in the media. I think that's why people don't know who I really am.”

“If I can't connect to the lyrics of a song, I just can't sing. I backed out of many songs for the same reason.”

“There is a constant revolution happening, people look at things done in the past and try to better them.”

“I have not learnt music at all. So actually I want to learn something - learn how to play a piano, maybe, and feel that contentment.”

“Sufi music influence was always there in the music industry.”

“After graduating, I got a job in marketing in Delhi because I was in love and wanted to get married. No one gives you their daughter unless you have a job. I quit after six months, but I was married by then.”

“Not doing a reality TV show does effect your fan base, but I am happier this way.”

“There's never been a conscious decision to sound like anybody else. I can't mimic, I don't have that ability.”

“I feel that I have a responsibility to my audience.”

“Shaan is very sentimental, he is a heart guy. I loved 'Tanha dil.'”

“Kishore Kumar, Mohammed Rafi, Abba, Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, Sting, Bryan Adams and Billy Joel have all influenced my musical development.”

“Once a song is done, lived its life, one need not bring it back as a remix.”

“You have to like a song, take in all you can and sync it. Be it a sad song or a dappakuthu like 'Appadi Podu.' It's a bit like method acting. I imagine myself in a zone; then it's easier for me to emote.”

“It's my passion to sing songs that has got me where I am today. It's not about being related to a particular star. I never wanted that because then you are stuck with that.”

“I listen to Sting, Air Supply, Eagles - these are artists I've grown up on I tend to go back to that a lot.”

“I like all of my songs. My wife, however, likes me singing the soulful ballads.”

“On stage, we get instant reactions from the public but they can't gauge whether we have modified some beats to suit the audience or some other kind or experimentation. But on the other hand, recording in a studio is a creative process.”

“Bollywood is a vortex, it sucks you in.”

“When I did jingles, people did not know me but I felt happy if they knew the tracks.”