Lata Mangeshkar Quotes

When I lived in London, I worked three jobs and had such long work days.

I usually work 16-hour days.

I'm a musician. It's what I do! I wouldn't be too good at anything else.

I worked 120 hours a week for eight years. That's 20 to 22 hours a day every day and one week I only got 15 hours sleep.

I work 338 days a year, 16 hours a day.

It's hard work just being on set 14 hours a day.

I have to work really hard to get the record deal - I have to spend years at it to get good. I have to practice to be good at guitar.

Normally, I work 18 hours a day.

Every free day, every weekend, I am in a recording session. I'm very lucky to have such supportive people around me.

I'm pretty much working 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

I was the girl that didn't go to prom or my graduation because I was too busy working with producers and making music.

I did a track with Khao, out of Atlanta, who's worked with T.I. Did a track with Maylay, who did a lot with John Legend's album. I got in the studio with Kanye West; we did a song. The dedication for the career takes a lot of work, but if you love it, it's worth it.

I basically work all the time.

It is true I work 16 hours a day.

I was working two landscaping jobs; I was recording songs in the spare bedroom. I would get up at 4 A.M., go to work, get back at 6 P.M., have nap, then start recording, just go until I fell asleep.

You can't really explain to anyone the experience onset, you actually have to see it to understand what we're all going through. Some days we can be on set 15 - 17 hrs. Plus then there's training.

People started recording my songs. Later, I was offered songwriter contracts. And then, finally, I could take the time to work on my own project. I worked hard for this all by myself.

Nobody is going to hand you a music career.

I'd get off the set of 'The Wire' at 3 A.M. or even 4 A.M. and drive home to Washington to see my kids sleep and give them a kiss. I'd get up at 7 A.M., while the kids were still in bed, and drive back to Baltimore.

I literally work every day and weekends.

I knew I wasn't going to write a record as soon as I got signed, because I hadn't had any life experiences. I was still at school, and I wasn't going to write about that.

The bigger your songs get, the bigger the festivals you play at will be, until you make it to Ultra. It happened super quick for me. I'm still in shock, actually. I have to pinch myself a lot.

15 Storeys High' is the hardest thing I've worked on. 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.

I am used to working long hours with no sleep.

We have started to make music at age seven. That was a hard work.