Quotes from Neha Bhasin

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

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

I love doing my music videos. I have grown up loving independent music and I am more of a performer than a playback singer and hence I want that if it's my voice, then it should be my face too.

I have led my life with extreme passion.

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.

I am selective with my Bollywood career.

There are a lot of duets happening, but very few songs which are sung by only one woman.

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

Only a few singles off an album really work, and the rest of the songs feel like such a waste.

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.

Because I grew up listening to and watching loads of pop/pop rock videos, I'm very influenced by the 1990s.

I am all for confrontation but not baseless.

I also feel I have always been targeted just because I am a singer and I like to look sexy. I like to wear a certain clothing, and targeted for that a lot. You see 18-19 year olds walking around in shorter clothes, nobody says anything.

It is not just women walking up to me and telling me that they danced to my songs at their weddings, but even men have many stories to share.

I just want to create a space in the heartland of India. I am hoping 'Bigg Boss' can help me do that in a positive manner.

There was a time when I felt that I was not getting work as per my potential.

'Bigg Boss' is crazy and I am crazy to do it.

Singing well is a talent, which many people may not have.

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

When we started our career with 'Viva,' we had it in our contract that we should not gain even a kilo extra on our existing weight.

I was constantly told by people around that I need to lose weight to make it big, but I never got a dietician or got unnerved.

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 would love to do a public concert in Delhi, though I am scared to do that. Delhiites get rowdy.

I'm not playing the woman card. But especially being a woman who is not afraid of her mindset and her body. You know people don't like it when you are happy. And that's the easiest target.