Singing is my passion, my first love and the secret of my energy. Music to me is like finding my inner self, my soul. It gives me a great joy to see audiences enjoying with me. I have given my heart to singing. When I sing, I can feel romance in everything around me.

I have struggled to make a place in this industry

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

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.

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

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

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.