The most important thing is to make quality music that will last.
There are so many egos in this game - maybe we all need to come down a notch.
I'd say I am a nice cross of R&B and Pop.
I like to write songs that people can identify with and sing along to.
I grew up on R&B and soul, so that backbone is always there.
I've been fortunate to work with artists that are at the top of their respective genres. That allowed me to learn from them and their success.
I used to dance around, I used to sing a lot, I remember, and beat box.
I used to re-create the beats that I heard.
There was a time when I had spiky hair and I was doing Indian-influenced R&B fusion songs.
When a hit's a hit, you can't hold it down.
I'm so proud of my heritage, and I know who my fans are.
Much like Jennifer Lopez or Ricky Martin who might have started with a hardcore Latin fan-base, I'll always remember what my foundation was.
I am a pop and R&B singer. I'm not necessarily an Indian singer or musician. I sing in English, and the music I do blends hip hop, pop, R&B, and soul.
For people that don't know and haven't seen a Bollywood film, you need to go and see one. They give you everything in one. They give you your comedy, your fear, your horror, your thriller, your rom-com. It's everything in one.
Bollywood is just amazing.
I started writing rhymes in fact when I was 11 or 12 years old. I was actually into hip hop before anything else.
I remember when Kriss Kross came out! I was round about the same age, or maybe a couple of years younger.
I buy lots of my software over the net from the States.
What I've found is that a lot of people in the media industry tend to use Macs because they're so good for graphics and music.
I get so frustrated when it takes longer than a couple of seconds to load a page - I couldn't live without the Internet now.
