Neha Bhasin

“I am very confrontational by nature but only when egged on.”

“I love the concept of albums, and I love owning albums.”

“I take my job seriously. It's a very special process, you have to be connected with what you are singing.”

“Viva has history, and people loved it. Then there was a time when we just didn't talk to each other for many years.”

“I always stand by people who I love till the end.”

“What I want to know is that why we, as a nation, we are telling women that it's okay if a man is power tripping on her through either verbal advances or whatever. Why are we normalizing this kind of behavior?”

“I will keep working on my own music because my heart lies there.”

“I don't have any godfather, I had to continuously prove myself as a vocalist to survive in the music scene.”

“I have been shamed by people for being unabashed about my choices in life.”

“I have watched 'La La Land'... it's a beautiful, magical film and I think Ryan Gosling sang like an angel and Emma Stone sounded like a goddess.”

“While red carpets always existed, the importance given to fashionable appearances wasn't that much in the mainstream music space. And now, even though everyone walks the red carpet, singers are expected to just walk down without waiting to be clicked or celebrated.”

“In 2010 I came out with my own album, I was 10 years younger, going through breakups, so it was still raw.”

“Weight is a number you can change but shaming one self is damaging and toxic.”

“Prayrit Seth, my director, has worked with me on most of my songs and videos. It's a very organic process for him and me to conceptualize and brainstorm on how to present our work.”

“When I was in school, the first song I learned was of Simon and Garfunkel and The Beatles. I couldn't even pronounce their names but I was singing 'Hello Darkness my old friend' and 'Yellow Submarine.'”

“Honestly I haven't really followed 'Bigg Boss,' though I have seen a few clips online.”

“The problem is we never had a separate music industry, we always had film music industry. The west has it and that's why musicians are stars and icons there.”

“I believe tobacco is a slow poison and it's unfortunate that a lot of youngsters are hooked to it.”

“I am one of the few singers who has reinvented oneself with every song.”

“Our music industry is male-driven. There are fewer opportunities for female singers.”