I learnt to sing in Bengali, my mother tongue, then went on to sing in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Gujarati and every possible Indian language.
Shreya Ghoshal
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Tollywood has a special place in my heart because Telugu is my mother tongue, and when I sing in the...
ARMAAN MALIK I had a lot of Bengali friends in Delhi. The bands there had Bengali musicians: for example, Indian ...
MOHIT CHAUHAN I think in my mother tongue. That's Hindi.
ANUPAM KHER I am trying my best to strike a balance. How many hours a day can I work? I work for 12-15 hours a d...
KAJAL AGGARWAL True, I was born and raised in Chennai, fluent in Tamil, but essentially, I am a Telugu guy and a Te...
MAHESH BABU I love to play golf and watch movies in Tamil and Telugu whenever I get time.
RAKUL PREET SINGH I can speak Tamil fluently, and the sentence structures in Telugu are quite similar.
KEERTHY SURESH 'Foolishq' from 'Ki & Ka' gave me a chance to work with renowned composer Ilaiya...
ARMAAN MALIK Having portrayed English-speaking Indian characters in British and American projects, I have always ...
ART MALIK My wife Neelam is a North Indian, so she will make North Indian food, while my mother will make Beng...
RONIT ROY Even in India the Hindi film industry might be the best known but there are movies made in other reg...
AISHWARYA RAI BACHCHAN If my tongue were trained to measures, I would sing a stirring song.
PAUL TILLICH I speak Hindi fluently because my mother speaks only in Hindi and Urdu.
ESHA GUPTA If Bengali is my mother, then English is my father and friend.
ABHIJIT NASKAR Every afternoon I listened to the Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts and when I was four, I told my...
DIXIE CARTER Many Hindi films that are Tamil remakes rake in huge moolah in Bollywood.
MITHUN CHAKRABORTY I knew I could sing. That one thing I did believe in was that I could sing, but then constantly gett...
REBECCA FERGUSON I prefer the Telugu film industry, as women are respected more than they are in the Tamil film indus...
KAJAL AGGARWAL I had to go and sing with the musical director of the film, Simon Lee, who is just incredible, and i...
GERARD BUTLER After I moved with my mother to St. Louis, my older sister and I went to see Ike Turner, who was the...
TINA TURNER My father used to sing to me in my mother's womb. I think I can name about any tune in two beats...
YANCY BUTLER I knew I wanted to sing when I was a very small boy. When I was probably 4 years old. My mother play...
JOHNNY CASH I would say the film world has stopped operating as one. We have divided it into Hindi movies, Benga...
MITHUN CHAKRABORTY Hindi is my mother tongue. Even though I do not get to use it as often, it's still a part of me.
ANU GARG I love to sing big rock and roll songs; I love to sing country-pop stuff, and then I love to sing so...
ELLE KING They bring a letter stating that they're a student in good standing, ... and then they come in and t...
KAY HENDERSON The joy of knowing a foreign language is inexpressible. I find it really difficult to express such j...
MUNIA KHAN I don't know Bengali perfectly. I don't know how to write it or even read it. I have an acce...
JHUMPA LAHIRI I want to live in Kolkata; I don't want to live in Europe - I can't write there. I write in ...
TASLIMA NASRIN It is not possible to eat me without insisting that I sing praises of my devourer?
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY It is not possible to eat me without insisting that I sing praises of my devourer?
FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY I used to sing in jazz clubs with a friend until she went another way.
OPHELIA LOVIBOND If I'm going to sing like someone else, then I don't need to sing at all.
BILLIE HOLIDAY The verb is relatively of much greater importance in an Indian tongue than in a civilized language.
JOHN WESLEY POWELL I didn't like to be restricted, because when you're in a choir, you have a part to sing and ...
TOM JONES I think my purpose was just to get out and sing. I love to sing. I wasn't even in it for the - y...
FANTASIA BARRINO There is nothing in the world of art like the songs mother used to sing.
BILLY SUNDAY I like to sing around the bonfire, in my car and in the shower.
JESSICA PARE When I sing, I go somewhere else. Every time after I sing, I'll ask, 'Did I do OK?' Beca...
ASHLEY MONROE If I'm going to sing like someone else, then I don't need to sing at all.
BILLIE HOLIDAY I still had this idea that there was a whole world of marvelous golden people somewhere, as far ahea...
RICHARD YATES I sing 'All Apologies' with my own lyrics. People want to sing along, but then, oops, they r...
NINA HAGEN I work on my voice through what I have to sing.
BRYN TERFEL In the garden of humanity every baby is a fresh new flower who can smile, laugh, giggle, dance, love...
DEBASISH MRIDHA Because my parents are Indian, everybody speaks Hindi to me, and I have no idea what they are saying...
RAJIV OUSEPH I try to harmonize and sing every moment that I can.
MARY LAMBERT Aunt Dottie and Aunt Mae would get up there and sing the same song - 'I was drunk last night, dear M...
JOYCE GIBSON I knew how to sing in choirs and sing in church, but I didn't know how to sing in a studio. That...
MERRY CLAYTON My little brother and grandma told me I could sing. I used to sing in church, too. Not like in the c...
BRYSON TILLER To be happy to be sad and sad to be happy is to sing an echo in that beautiful language called Sorro...
CRISS JAMI I have an impeccable memory, and I can learn dialogues in any language in 20 minutes, including Telu...
KATRINA KAIF I went from somebody who didn't sing to somebody who didn't speak.
GERARD BUTLER Who am I that I have to sing under an umbrella? These people are my fans, and if they can stand in t...
BOBBY DARIN I did a whole lot of work before taking up my first movie. From TV commercials to Telugu films, I le...
YAMI GAUTAM One of the obligations of the writer is to say or sing all that he or she can, to deal with as much ...
DENISE LEVERTOV If we persist in that kind of a system of law virtually every business in America, big and small, is...
BENJAMIN F. FAIRLESS No one can sing like June Carter so I just tried to sing my very best,
REESE WITHERSPOON Because, in opera, I have to sing for people that are very far from me, instead of, when I sing a so...
ANDREA BOCELLI I turned into a monk when my mother went to learn Buddhism in Burma. While she learnt at the monaste...
KABIR BEDI It's an honor for [Lee] and cool for me to step in and be seen a little bit. Anytime I can come up a...
BRANDON SING I remember coming to this when I was a kid. Now I see the total effect this fundraiser has on so man...
BRANDON SING It couldn't have worked out any better than it did today.
BRANDON SING It couldn't have worked out any better than it did today. The first at-bat I was trying not to be to...
BRANDON SING I sing a beautiful song quietly in my heart.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA When I sing along with Britney Spears I will sing in an American accent. But eventually I found my o...
ELLIE GOULDING Japanese people are not known for expressing their feelings through singing and dancing, but I like ...
TAO OKAMOTO I sing seriously to my mom on the phone. To put her to sleep, I have to sing "Maria" from West Side ...
ADAM SANDLER Whenever I get married, it will be a Bengali wedding. If I won't have a Bengali wedding, my moth...
BIPASHA BASU When I sing it puts a twinkle in their eyes and a smile on their face and I always feel closer to th...
CHRIS BAKER I went to a church where you could not sing out loud in the service until you had been saved.
BERNICE JOHNSON REAGON While my speech is getting better every day, throughout my recovery, I have been able to sing to som...
GABRIELLE GIFFORDS My role in the Mamas and Papas was basically just to sing.
CASS ELLIOT You know what I do on Sundays? I sing in a choir. I sing in a Greek Orthodox choir, and I'm the ...
CHRIS HILLMAN My drummer, bass player, and guitar player sing backgrounds. They play and sing. I can sing all the ...
AARON NEVILLE I always loved singing. I was always trying to sing in school plays. I was in every one I could be i...
ELIZA DOOLITTLE Monica Besra, a Bengali woman from a remote Indian village, was reportedly suffering from a malignan...
CHARLES DUHIGG The anti-Hindi agitation changed the entire face of Tamil Nadu with a local party emerging on the to...
SHIV NADAR I have always loved music. My mom used to sing with my sister and I when I was younger, and I was in...
RACHEL PLATTEN I balance with prayer and music. I sing every day.
AARON NEVILLE I sing seriously to my mom on the phone. To put her to sleep, I have to sing 'Maria' from We...
ADAM SANDLER Like an opera singer, I am able to sing out my song in paint.
TONY CURTIS He would sing 'Happy Birthday,' and he would sing in the loudest, most obnoxious, off-key tone. For ...
DUSTY RHODES I inhale the words and form a picture in my mind and try to sing the picture.
FRED JOHNSON John Lennon and Ringo Starr liked my songs. I used to write songs and they heard me sing songs on st...
BEN KINGSLEY In my soul, humanity is a single part, a big gentle bird whose song I use to sing every early mornin...
MARIANA FULGER Sing, Sing a song, Sing out loud, Sing out strong, Sing of good things, not bad, Sing of happy, not ...
JOE RAPOSO I loved to sing in family parties, for my friends and family. That's how I discovered my talent.
MALUMA Before every show, I would call my mother and say, 'Mummy, I don't know how I will sing toda...
SONU NIGAM Balancing my career between two industries has never been an issue. I started with a Telugu film and...
KAJAL AGGARWAL My dad says I could sing before I could talk, if that's possible. I was always humming and thing...
MILEY CYRUS I love singing in French. I don't think in French. Sometimes when you sing in another language becau...
ALISON MOYET All the responsibility was on me, because I went into the studio without my label saying, 'Work with...
HILARY DUFF I love to dance, and sing - in the shower, not in public. I'm too old to go raving, but my fonde...
ZADIE SMITH I sing my sorrow, and I paint my joy.
JONI MITCHELL I used to always sing my way into the movies and the basketball games or whatever. I'd sing for ...
AARON NEVILLE Well, I can't (sing or dance). Actually, I sing like a seal and dance like your Uncle Leo at that we...
RICHARD DREYFUSS I usually mug up my Telugu dialogues much before going to the sets every day.
KRITI SANON Growing up, I wanted to be a musician. My mother, in typical Filipino-mom fashion, would always make...
JACOB BATALON I sang all the time, and finally, my mother looked at me and said: 'I have a friend in New York ...
MARCIA STRASSMAN She doesn't sing in church anymore."
"Maybe she realizes there's nothing to sing about."
"...
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