While my mother wanted me to be a musician, I wanted to become an electronic engineer.

I was famous from the age of 13, and after a while you become immune to it - in a good way. You look at positives and what you can do with it.

My mother insisted that I pursue music. I rented out my father's musical equipment and earned some money. As a child, I wasn't sure about a career goal, but I was always fascinated by electronic gadgets, specially musical equipment.

If there is no criticism, you become lazy. But it should be constructive, and it should be the truth. If it's biased and there's no truth in it, then I don't care about it. If it's true, it helps me grow.

I am a friend when I need to be a friend, a father when I need to be a father, a musician when music calls. I switch roles accordingly.

A musician is a professional, whether he or she is successful or not. The profession itself must be regarded as a stable job.