Arijit Singh Quotes

I grew up with my parents in the kitchen discussing the audition my dad had that day or moaning about something or other in the industry, so it was unglamourised and normalised for me from a very young age.

It worries me that young singers think you can shortcut the training and go straight to fame and fortune, and programmes like Pop Idol have encouraged that.

Reality shows like 'SaReGaMaPa' are a huge platform for young talent. Thanks to television, they have more exposure than we could even imagine.

I grew up in front of the camera from an early age. It distorts your perception of who you are. Having a lot of attention at a young age is not healthy.

I know kids who participated in reality shows and became a superstar over time without singing for films, because the opportunities are wider besides films.

I'm not chasing reality shows. Viewers want to see me and producers want me on their shows.

I have done a lot of reality shows. In fact, my first show was 'Shava Shava', which was a singing reality show.

Before going on 'X Factor' again, I felt like I'd tried everything else.

I was offered a lot of reality shows in the past. I continue to be offered things like 'The Surreal Life.' I did one in 2002, right after the attacks on the World Train Center. It was called 'Celebrity Bootcamp.' It sounded exciting and cool when they presented it. When you get down to it, it was corny and cheesy.

In fact, I would advise against anyone doing reality shows. I won't be doing 'X Factor' just yet.

I get really frustrated with people who turn their noses up at talent shows like 'The Voice' and 'X-Factor.'

You still have that competitive thing where you want to try to make hits. That won't go away, unless the mayor of show business says my time's up.

Who wouldn't want to be an 'American Idol' judge? It's an awesome, awesome show.

A ton of little girls I talk to, they want to be actresses or singers or models.

My parents didn't want me to be a regular in a series. I was a working actor from time to time but they thought was a little too much being a star of a series. They wanted me to have a slightly more normal childhood.

When I was on the 'Mickey Mouse Club,' there was Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake and Ryan Gosling and Christine Aguilera. But they were 12 and I was 17, so there was a bit of an age difference.

I'm proud to be involved with Simon Cowell and 'X Factor.'

I never thought I'd be on T.V. For me as a kid in Liverpool, it was a more realistic option to be a singer.

Frankly, if 'American Idol' was the way I'd have to audition as a singer, I'd be standing behind the counter in a 5&10 right now. I couldn't have done it that way.

There definitely is exposure in reality shows, but the exposure will basically get you more reality shows.

'American Idol' was fun; it was definitely an experience. I was 16 years old when I did it, and I was curious about how I would do on the show.

Anything that's on television as often as someone on 'The X Factor' is what's successful. That doesn't mean that I condone that or think that it's right. To be honest, I'd be the first to say I think it's a shame. But if that's the way it is then that's the way it is.

I was offered 'I'm A Celebrity...' for a lot of money, but I don't like the level of degradation.

People ask me all the time, 'Are you fed up with reality TV?' At the end of the day, it can affect my career in the sense that the more reality shows there are, the less scripted dramas out there, but I can't ever really knock them. I started on 'Popstars,' which was a reality talent show. I have respect for them.

My feet never touched the ground. Lots of good groups with crazy and unique images. It was wild. I spent all of my time doing gigs, TV appearances, interviews, or recording. I could write a book - and probably will.