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

I have to say that my biggest Award is performing in front of my fans. Their love is my award.

It's not that we don't have talent in our country; the talent is, in fact, not required today.

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.

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

There is a very big forgiving side in me that keeps me very light in my heart and happy.

I appreciate art in any form. So it applies to clothes as well. On stage, I think people prefer me in Indian outfits... in fact, it goes with the kind of songs I sing as well. Indianness in the form of a sari, or a chaniya choli or jeans with something interesting, matches my style of singing.