Shreya Ghoshal Quotes

Titles or awards are not the mark of your success. They are the beginning of a life-long sadhana.

I love the idea of waking up to a song. It could be any song.

I’m not a person who comes with bodyguards. I’m a simple jhola-kurta kind of girl. So people treat me as a buddy.

Singing in Hindi is nice but restrictive. Regional languages are more rhythmic, have a different tone and sound, making it more interesting.

I’m not superstitious about good luck charms and all that. I don’t have any ring or any tangible thing as a charm. But I like to have at least one of my parents with me during my shows. It gives me strength to find their faces… or my brothers… in the audience. It comforts me.

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

It’s a great feeling to be wanted, but it’s more exciting to be inaccessible.

When I am not recording, I do live shows or am at home catching up on shows which I regularly watch. But there will always be some music around me.

No matter where I go, I actually have a lot of couples coming and telling me that one of my songs was instrumental in strengthening their romance!

To me,music is oxygen & I know that someday even if I can’t sing,I can always continue listening to it.

I’m not thin! I just wear clothes that make me look thin.

I’d say, for me, it’s cooking that gives me a space beyond music. I love food. And somehow, music and food go together so well. Cooking is very therapeutic. That preparation, the fragrance of spices, the wafting aromas – it just sweeps aside my depression, tiredness and name what you may.

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

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

I don’t have a lot of desires, you see; I feel so lucky. God has give me a lot of things already; there’s nothing to ask for.

I believe that when the going gets tough, you should just hit pause. Assimilate what is happening for 10 minutes. Your thoughts will be much clearer.

I’ve never seen a low point. I like to believe that they don’t exist.

I don’t believe in pretending to be someone else. I’m what I actually am in real life. For instance, like any normal girl, I fight with my mother. I mean, it is just fine. In fact, I fight daily with my mother.

It’s very difficult for me to appreciate my own songs as I criticise them a lot.

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

If you strive for excellence, success will follow

If given a chance, I would really want to explore the monuments in Delhi, like Qutub Minar and the forts. I have been there as a child, but now I want to go back and understand the history and significance behind them. We take all of these things for granted in life.

I do not like sweets. But if I have to choose one, it has to be rasmalai.

It is immensely enjoyable to work for an album because there’s a lot more creative freedom. In films sometimes, all that the makers care about is making the music commercially appealing.

The good thing is that there is a constant need for innovation, which is important in the evolution of music and sound.

A studio is like a meditation room where music is created. And a live performance is the place where the creation of the studio is taken ahead. I love both.

The Indian music market is very film-oriented, and any other creative music venture doesn’t receive enough support. I’d rather do singles and put them on my website.

My dad’s intense love for art and music is what drove me to learn music

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.

It’s a great feeling to be wanted but it’s more exciting to be inaccessible.

Music reality shows provide a platform to people who have talent and gives them visibility and exposure. It is a win-win situation for participants.

My break in Bollywood is definitely the high point of my life.

I can say this much with confidence – that I now have a sound of my own

It’s nice to create something you believe in. It’s even nicer to dance to your own tunes sometimes.

I like my father being the boss in my life