Rishi Kapoor Quotes

I got my first blockbuster break for the movie 'Cocktail,' where I sang 'Second Hand Jawani.'

'Pump' was my first song.

I am happy film stars are singing in their films. I hope to work as a music director for a film where actors will sing all the songs.

I don't think I want to transition into being a recording artist for the rest of my life or anything like that, but it's something I'd like to try.

I did perform in punk bands, but it was more about shouting and snarling than about any beautiful music. I enjoyed singing in 'The Golden Circle' - I've never sung in a movie before.

Even the song that I did for Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Gabbar' is an old number. But working with Mr Bhansali was a dream come true.

I started to sing after high school, and I may have dreamed about being Randy Travis a time or two.

I pretty much started going more towards the singing route when I came out with the song 'Selfish.'

I love singing for films because there is a story to the song; it takes you down a new road.

I want to work with Diljit Dosanjh again.

I think you should do Bollywood once you are all into your own market. Doing a Bollywood song for a particular actor or producer, you should be known in the world outside of Bollywood music.

I could never really see myself being a pop artist.

I grew up in the era of Britney Spears, where artists had songs written for them, and you got up and sang them. That's how I always thought it was.

Let me just make my mark as an actor first, and then an item song can be the second step.

When I came into films, I found a vacuum in the field of lyricists, writers and composers.

As a songwriter, I got used to being in the background.

My personal favorite person we worked with in the U.K. is Cathy Dennis, who is absolutely incredible. She wrote 'Can't Get You Out of My Head' for Kylie Minogue and 'Toxic' for Britney Spears, so she's one of my absolute favorite pop writers.

Most of our artists are songwriters, so the songs are still central to all this. If you don't have great songs, it doesn't matter the marketing or how many times you are on TV; you can only polish it so much.

I got my first film, 'Ladies vs Ricky Bahl,' easily.

Yes, I wrote songs. I was becoming kind of an Enrique Iglesias kind of a singer, with those ballads and cheesy romantic things.

I really miss doing masala films.

OT Genasis is my L.A. homie; I've seen him grind, and he is still making hits.

I began as an assistant director to Mahesh Bhatt sahab on films like 'Zulm,' 'Kabza' and 'Aawargi' during the '80s. Then I got an opportunity to act and I took it up thinking direction was something which I could always pursue later.

Way back before 1980, prior to 'Disco Dancer' breaking into the collective consciousness of filmgoers, I had come to Chennai to compose for a film called 'Suraksha.'

My dream is to compose for Karan Johar and Aditya Chopra.