Quotes from Ankit Tiwari

It was Mahesh Bhatt saab's idea to get Shraddha to sing 'Galliyan.' I was all for it.

Luckily, I've the ability to express my music exactly the way I create it because I sing my own compositions.

I am not just a singer, I am a composer as well. Because I'm balancing both, it takes me longer to compose a song.

I enjoy everything about singing.

Doing a single was always on my to-do list.

To release a single, a musician no longer needs to rely on a big label or production house, which are usually inaccessible.

I got recognition because of film music, but people start recognizing me as an artiste more because of singles.

From Alia Bhatt to Pooja Bhatt and Mahesh Bhatt, everyone was involved with me in the making of 'Tum se hi.'

Yes, I am acting in my singles, but that is very different from acting in a movie.

Yes, I do go to movies with my female friends. But I make sure there is an empty seat between us. That seat will only be filled by my wife whenever she comes in my life.

My struggle has been graceful. Yes, I have taken money from family, but never from outsiders.

I realized and decided that I really wanted to travel and explore the world.

I haven't travelled much. Even if I have, it's for work or for performance. I haven't explored things.

I left my native place to come to Mumbai, got routinely cheated, was given bad words, had phones and doors slammed on me. All my work and time was going down the drain. I didn't get credit for some work I did.

I am equally capable of doing club songs, slow rock songs and any other kind as well.

I come from U.P., so I can say that I have some knowledge about food and flavors.

I will take a camera with me in all my trips and capture all the moments which I can savour later.

When 'Aashiqui' released there was no social media, yet it was a hit. Today we have the Internet which makes music very accessible to people.

We face many hurdles in our life and somehow we get busy in our hectic schedules and forget how to enjoy our life.

The art of sewing lyrics with the tune is very interesting as a music director.

When you are yourself involved in a project so much, you have to take one step at a time and make sure it turns out good.

What makes film music different is that we are always given a situation and we make the song accordingly.

If critics find my songs monotonous, then I also find their opinion monotonous.

As an artiste you want to experiment, meet new people and do different kind of songs.