I don't listen to Bollywood music much. But yes I listen to Indian music quite often and other non- film music.

Don't take things too seriously, and just chill.

For us Indians, I don't think English can ever exude that magic of emotions which our mother tongue can.

A man with a silver spoon may get his share of supporters, but he can never be an inspiration for somebody! Patience and hard work are the key to every man's success.

My inspiration comes from the common man and nature.

When the audience enjoys your performance, you feel like a magician who is doing magic. It's a great feeling!

My real guru are my experiences in life - the realisation that you are alone in this world came very early to me.

We are all souls, and what I have learnt so far is that while God is male, the souls created by Him are female, so I always had women as my theme, as they are dedicated to Him.

I've experienced many hardships‚ but mentally‚ I've always been older‚ and that reflects in my actions‚ too.

I am not a Ph.D. in economics or a doctorate in literature that I can afford to take my singing lightly. Even if I sing a jingle, I take it as seriously as oxygen.

A. R. Rahman is truly India's Mozart. His music is celebrated worldwide.

Religion is always a patron of the arts, but its taste is by no means impeccable.

I was standing on the deck of the USS Blue, a destroyer. We were all alone out there at this buoy, tied up.

People imagine enlightenment will make them incredibly powerful. And it does. It makes you the most powerful being in all the universe- but usually no one else notices.

I wrote my thesis on the benefits of war and very near got thrown out of college. But I can show you where the greatest advancement of mankind comes under stress and strain, not comfort.

dying nowadays is more gruesome in many ways, namely, more lonely, mechanical, and dehumanized; at times it is even difficult to determine technically when the time of death has occurred.

Embrace yourself, create a plan of action and of course, ponder the impact of your thoughts.

It was hard to follow my dreams... I didn't let anything stop me.

Such is the brutalization of commercial ethics in this country that no one can feel anything more delicate than the velvet touch of a soft buck.

If you actually want to change your world, there is a better way of doing it than blowing yourself up.

I'm appalled by the tendency of some rock records to perfect everything to the point where it sounds like Botox and polish it so heavily that there's no humanity left in it.