Quotes About Music

There was just a moment when I fell in love with singing, probably when I started listening to Ben Howard and his album 'I Forget Where We Were.' I fell in love with that album, and that album really made me fall in love with singing.

There's something interesting about playing live; you're in the moment, and I think it would be beneficial.

When I work on films, I like to be involved from as early as possible. I think this is really good and beneficial in terms of absorbing the atmosphere of the film and for the music to become a part of the DNA of the film.

Culturally, I remember listening to Salil Chowdhury's music for Malayalam films. Many Bengali actors have worked in our films, too.

The first film I gave music for was a Bengali film called 'Dadu.'

I am a Bengali guy from Kolkata, who started singing at the age of 10.

I create my own lyrics. I have a great band. I have a drummer from East Berlin.

Bernard Herrmann used to write all his scores by himself. So did Bach, Beethoven and Stravinsky. I don't understand why this happens in the movie industry.

Anytime I'm playing music or getting ready to record, Duane Allman will enter my thoughts, and so will Berry Oakley. It's part of my musical makeup and mental process when it comes to music. We learned to play together and taught each other a lot.

I'd really like to see Mary Berry busting out a Pitbull number!

I can't put anyone even really close to Christina Aguilera besides Stacie Orrico.

One thing I learned is that I don't want to be in an all-girl band again. Besides, most of my friends are guys, anyway.

I would say that for me while growing up, music was my best friend in many ways, and I hope my music can do that for others, to make them feel less alone.

Music really helps me. It's like a best friend.

My father is my best friend. Just growing up with him inspired me to appreciate music that much more because he appreciates music.

I think some of the best songs are written in love and then out of love. That's the best time to put something together.

I tend to write songs critiquing myself. The best way for me to deal with stuff is to write a song about it... That's not to say all my songs are like that.

Music is emotional. Your job is to make people feel something. The best way to do that is to sing and speak from something they've personally been through. That's where I write from.

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

When I work on my music, I always kind of just try to do my best work.

I'm not an artist that has a big, huge radio record that's going to be on BET.

I can bet nobody can sing Nat King Cole's songs better than me.

I think that I know in my heart that I am making music that I would bet my life on.

For me, the more time you can take and the more care you can take with songs, the better off you're going to be.