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“When Mohammed Rafi was not an active playback singer, Kishore Kumar dominated the scene and vice-versa.”
“I want to work for the people of Bengal.”
“I like to move with the times and that's why my songs are fresh.”
“My style is simple. It is out and out melody.”
“You can't make just foot-tapping numbers or take inspiration from Western music. Such songs won't work.”
“People often look up to actors. It is not right on their part to do songs whose lyrics are not good. Actors have social responsibility.”
“I love and respect all languages of India. I have sung songs in different languages.”
“There is a lot of musical pollution in the film industry.”
“My reason for joining politics is not to make money, as I have enough of my own, but to help the poor.”
“Hindi film songs lack poetry, and even musically, they aren't appealing at times. Their lyrical qualities aren't strong. I sometimes feel that singers aren't singing, but shouting out loud. Where's the melody?”
“Having various types of fish in Kolkata is a must have and I am enjoying that every day for lunch and dinner.”
“If the media keeps playing a bad track 500 times a day for financial reason, obviously the common listener will only end up listening to such kind of music.”
“Music is what feelings sound like, and to sing a meaningfully melodious composition like 'Suno apne dil ki' is a rarity.”
“If LPs were replaced by cassettes and then audio cds and now digital media... That is inevitable. No point in lamenting.”
“I started my career with Shatrughan Sinha's home production 'Aandhiyaan' that was never completed. It was a song to be enacted by him and was composed by Jagjit Singh.”
“I did a cameo in 'Dum Laga Ke Haisha.'”
“Music has always followed a cyclic trend.”
“I have tremendous respect for Pakistani artistes, they are very talented, especially where music sense and melody is concerned.”
“I feel scared going before the public and it has been like this forever. After one song is over, I feel better.”
“My music is not only different but distinctive.”