Quotes from Kumar Sanu

I can play character roles for sure.

I feel preparation is a vital part of music as without it, the spontaneity goes haywire.

When I receive an award it gives me more encouragement, hope and drive to go forward with my voice to sing better and better.

Lyrics of some songs are vulgar... I feel they are not good for the society.

One should not promote lyrics that are vulgar.

My best work was with Nadeem-Shravan, Anu Malik, Jatin-Lalit, Anand-Milind and also Rajesh Roshan and Bappi Lahiri.

He should write his name as Jaan Rita Bhattacharya, not Jaan Kumar Sanu because, firstly, Ritaji has done a lot for him, and secondly, people will start comparing him with me, which is not good for him as a newcomer. I'd be the happiest father to see him successful.

Whatever I have sung over the years, people remember the song first by the 'dhun' and words.

I love and respect all languages of India. I have sung songs in different languages.

I have sung 14,000 songs in 22 languages.

I did a cameo in 'Dum Laga Ke Haisha.'

Love can't be just one-sided. It's always two ways.

I take it as a compliment to be compared with a legend like Kishore Kumar.

Bengaluru is a beautiful place with a great weather and I am looking forward to seeing more of the city during my next trip.

In 2012, I had joined BJP to get some help for my schools for the orphans that are run in Delhi and Kolkata. However, no help came to my school. So, I have not been in any party politics.

There is a lot of musical pollution in the film industry.

I don't make movies for the masses. My interest lies in portraying reality, and it gives me great satisfaction.

Audiences are demanding more movies like 'Slumdog Millionaire.' Poverty in India is a very important issue that we want to highlight.

You can't make just foot-tapping numbers or take inspiration from Western music. Such songs won't work.

My entire family are in music and my father was a classical singer, teacher and composer.

After I remarried, I moved out of India because I did not have much work in Mumbai. But whenever I visited India, I would get in touch with my sons Jessy, Jeeko, and Jaan.

It has always been my dream to open a school for the poor children in the city who drop out of school due to financial problems.

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.

My music is not only different but distinctive.