Quotes from Shreya Ghoshal

I love the idea of waking up to a song. It could be any song.

It's a great feeling to be wanted, but it's more exciting to be inaccessible.

I learnt to sing in Bengali, my mother tongue, then went on to sing in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Gujarati and every possible Indian language.

To me,music is oxygen & I know that someday even if I can't sing,I can always continue listening to it.

I consider music to be very sacred and I feel I'm blessed to be born with a talent which allows me to make the best of it.

The good thing is that there is a constant need for innovation, which is important in the evolution of music and sound.

My father has been the silent force behind my success. My mother has been a constant source of guidance in my career.

When I am not recording, I do live shows or am at home catching up on shows which I regularly watch. But there will always be some music around me.

I've never seen a low point. I like to believe that they don't exist.

I do not like sweets. But if I have to choose one, it has to be rasmalai.

The Indian music market is very film-oriented, and any other creative music venture doesn't receive enough support. I'd rather do singles and put them on my website.

I'm not a gadget freak, so to say. I own an iPhone, which I love, and would sorely love to upgrade to MacBook Air from my current MacBook Pro. But what gets me going is the technology behind the gadgets, new websites, new apps. And I'm way too much into social media - FB, Twitter and Instagram are always open on my phone.

I have always enjoyed dressing up, but I don't do it as often as I would want to, because it's time consuming.

I'm not superstitious about good luck charms and all that. I don't have any ring or any tangible thing as a charm. But I like to have at least one of my parents with me during my shows. It gives me strength to find their faces... or my brothers... in the audience. It comforts me.

I'd say, for me, it's cooking that gives me a space beyond music. I love food. And somehow, music and food go together so well. Cooking is very therapeutic. That preparation, the fragrance of spices, the wafting aromas - it just sweeps aside my depression, tiredness and name what you may.

I like my father being the boss in my life

A studio is like a meditation room where music is created. And a live performance is the place where the creation of the studio is taken ahead. I love both.

No matter where I go, I actually have a lot of couples coming and telling me that one of my songs was instrumental in strengthening their romance!

It is immensely enjoyable to work for an album because there's a lot more creative freedom. In films sometimes, all that the makers care about is making the music commercially appealing.

Unfortunately, we are living in an era where plenty of songs with vulgar, objectionable lyrics are also becoming popular. It's a disturbing trend, and I feel really sad when I see small kids dancing to such numbers in television shows. In my career so far, I have refused any song whose lyrics I haven't been comfortable with.

I listen to a wide range of music, from country to pop to alternative rock, as well as Indian music. You know, what excites me are new ideas. And with a lot of the international hits - from Lady Gaga to Rihanna and others - you'd find excellent production and groundbreaking ideas that lift the music to a greater realm.

Titles or awards are not the mark of your success. They are the beginning of a life-long sadhana.

Music reality shows provide a platform to people who have talent and gives them visibility and exposure. It is a win-win situation for participants.

An award means a lot to me. It brings happiness along with a kind of fear. It brings fear because the award is the responsibility which audiences have put on us. So a singer winning an award should always try to give best of him to the audiences.