Quotes About Music

'Maruvarthai' was an exciting song for me because it showcased my Carnatic roots.

The main song I listened to with the 'Firebird' books was 'Breath of Life' by Florence + the Machine.

I try to find little things that you can do to move the song along and things that serve the song.

I never really got paid for 'Tell It Like Is,' but I look back at it and say God knew what he was doing; he probably figured that if I had got money back in them days, I wouldn't be here now. That's okay. I'm here. And I'm still singing the song.

'Paper Planes' by M.I.A. is very catchy. I like that, but I listen to everything from rap to Lenny Kravitz to Coldplay, depending on my mood. And my favorite song of all time is 'Always and Forever' by Heatwave.

'Fade To Black' - just this amazing construct: a song that defied the definition of what Metallica was perceived to be at the time.

The song 'Hymnostic' is kind of a gospel song, and that song is really fun to sing with as many people as possible. And anyone can sing it, you know?

My 9-year-old daughter can recite every line from 'Easy Rider,' and that is not an easy song to do. She raps all of Nicki Minaj and everything; she's dope. She has my musical ear for sure. She sings, and she's beautiful. It's very powerful.

You have to learn how to act a pop song. You have to find the balance of the pop from the pop song and the lyrical significance of the scene you are in.

You know, a song is like a kid. You bring it up. And sometimes something you thought was going to be fantastic, by the time it's finished, is a bit of a disappointment.

I don't ever have the pressure of making a hit, because I've never had a hit song, per se. The closest thing to a hit song was 'Shiraz,' and it's not your prototypical hit song, with a catchy hook and all this other stuff.

I wanted to write a song called '#1234' that would act as a homage to The Ramones.

Usually when a song comes to me, I don't ask a lot of questions; I hear something, and I just let it out in song. It's like making a salad. Everything I hear, and everything I am, I mix together in a different way in each song.

I produced a song for Bobby Vee called Get The Message.

The thing is, in English I'm able to write the lyrics as I'm making the song, once I'm done with the melody.

When I feel comfortable, I just like to sing and hum, and I don't even know I'm doing it. But sometimes someone will come over to me like, 'I love that song you were singing, but it's distracting.'

I love Erykah Badu. Every time I listen to her music, I'm, like, laying out all the instruments in the song, like, how I would loop it.

I usually write to the beat. Really, the beat can make the song itself.

When I sang in 'Aashiq Banaya Aapne,' I never imagined the song would be such a rage.

I just want to make that my life: recording music and trying to write a good song every day.

I like independent music because we have a lot of creative freedom to what we want, but when it comes to films we have to give a particular feel to a song because it's situational.

Every time I re-perform a song, I gain some perspective.

If we don't put some acting in a dance song, no one would be able to dance on it.

Creating a decent pop song is a challenge - and occasionally, once in every decade - it's kind of fun to do that.