Quotes from Javed Ali

When I was recording 'Kun-Faaya-Kun,' I did it like I was offering Namaaz.

Healthy competition is good to boost ourselves and helps you to take the flight forward.

I don't think I am hero material.

People are surprised when they realise that I have sung 'Tinku Jiya' as they felt it was not my genre. As a musician, till the time I don't try something, I don't refuse it. I like challenging jobs.

To be honest, I hadn't realised the greatness of film music till I was exposed to film songs after I started living in Mumbai.

I don't feel that I have achieved anything, I just want people to love my songs.

Healthy competition is very important in any industry. It keeps you on your toes and helps you grow.

When you have fun doing something, you should immerse yourself in it completely.

In the beginning, many composers didn't have confidence in me. It's not their fault. It only comes after you've delivered your first hit.

When you hear a romantic song, the feeling is incomparable.

There was a time in the 1980s when music was almost over. If you think about it, it will be tough for you to remember any song which came during that time. But now music has come back. There are amazing musicians like Vishal-Shekhar, Amit Trivedi, Sneha Khanwalkar who are doing a good job.

I like singing all kinds of songs, be it a soft number or a peppy track.

I am a very shy person.

Everyone has their own individuality and it is important that it comes out.

Ghulam Ali Khan saab is my greatest inspiration.

I do not support that everyone has to be a trained classical singer to be able to sing in films but some sort of knowledge in classical space can take you to places.

From my early training days, I am an avid listener of heavy music which is laced with proper diction and effective use of grammar of music.

I think every singer should get a formal training in music.

If I'm given a choice to pick what I am interested in, I will definitely sing a ghazal for a movie.

I don't mind even if I sing a few songs every year, but I just want to do quality work.

I get excited when I sing in a new language.

I am huge fan of Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar, Mohammad Rafi, Ghulam Ali and Mehdi Hassan. Listening to these people inspired me to become a singer.

A film is made for actors and actresses, not for singers.

If my singing leaves a long-lasting effect in the mind of the listeners, it is the blessing of the Almighty.