Quotes from Anu Malik

I've struggled so much in my life and I've seen so much of rejection, insult and humiliation, that it can turn into a film.

I made the song 'Sandese aate hain' for the soldiers to sing in their bunkers.

You can't give your songs to just anybody.

There can never be another Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Kishore Kumar and Mohammed Rafi they are in different league.

I just can't do without my kids. They are more than anything else in the world.

Salaam' is one of my most beautiful creations.

If you want to give a twist to a song, I have no problem, but don't forget to mention the original composer's name.

Since I have spent so much time with film-makers, and I understand the process, I would love to direct a film some day.

There are many singers who in spite of not making big in the industry are doing numerous shows and earning a lot of money.

In short, I have been a trendsetter. I have then moved on and people have followed in my footsteps.

I want to write for big names like Whitney Houston and The Backstreet Boys.

When 'Indian Idol 2' started, I believed we would have a female idol this time. Unfortunately, that didn't happen and it is really funny.

Unfortunately, people like to remember me only for my faults.

Nothing that you see on 'Indian Idol' is ever staged or planned.

Frankly, all the songs from 'Fiza' that made news were mine.

After 'Hunterwali' went unnoticed, Harmesh Malhotra gave me a break in 'Poonam,' but the real start came with F.C. Mehra's 'Ek Jaan Hain Hum.'

See, I'm a very straight forward person.

I have seen people from every strata of society trying to prove their talent. And I value people only for their talent.

I feel that when someone is ignored, that person strikes even harder.

Coming from a film family didn't help me much and I had to struggle a lot.

There are seven notes - Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni no one is original in the world. We have to play around the notes and make our own stuff.

People believe in my originality more than anything else.

When I was working on the music of 'Jaan-E-Mann' and 'Umrao Jaan,' my father was hospitalised. I had to shuttle between hospital and studios.

In a Broadway musical, a scene sometimes breaks into a song and vice versa.