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I have been singing for the last 50 years, you know, so I deserve a break. Besides, there are talented singers around who can do justice to their work.

Lata Mangeshkar

I feel I am a little unfit for the kind of music that is being made today. There is a big difference between what I sang earlier and what is being made now. I am not saying this music is bad, but there are too many beats.
LATA MANGESHKAR

Bad Day Feeling Kind Music Myself
I have a fierce temper. I’ve mastered it over the years, but when I’m angry, no one can force me to do anything I don’t want to.
LATA MANGESHKAR

Fierce Force Master Myself Temperature
I appreciate the change associated with people’s growth, but I don’t like the changes in our lives. I came to Mumbai in 1945, so imagine my acceptance of the massive changes around. I have witnessed every kind of revolution.
LATA MANGESHKAR

Appreciation Association Change Concept Imagination Kind Live Myself Revolution
I feel God has sent me to Earth to sing. I started singing when I was five, but I don’t think I’ve worked as hard as many other people.
LATA MANGESHKAR

Earth Feeling Myself People Sing
I’ve always loved life, irrespective of all the ups and downs that have filled my journey.
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Fill Journey Life Love Myself
I have been singing for the last 50 years, you know, so I deserve a break. Besides, there are talented singers around who can do justice to their work.
LATA MANGESHKAR

Break Deserve Justice Myself Sing Talent Time
In my opinion, the biggest achievement was by Shankar-Jaikishan. With Raj Kapoor’s ‘Barsaat,’ they changed the way we looked at playback singing.
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Achievement Big Change Opinion Play Sing
I think playback singing has a lot to do with voice acting. I would suggest to all the youngsters to understand the character, situation, and the story behind the songs. That is when you can add soul to the rendition which, I think, is missing in today’s music.
LATA MANGESHKAR

Act Missing Music Myself Play Sing Thinking
I wouldn’t let a biopic be made on me. That’s because I don’t believe in them. I don’t like them.
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Believe Biopic Myself
The privileged classes today are bothered about petrol and diesel prices while the poor can’t afford two meals a day. I am a very small person, but I want us to think beyond personal and regional interests.
LATA MANGESHKAR

Afford Class Myself Need Personal Price Privilege Small Thinking
There are so many songs that I could not sing the way I wanted to. When such songs come on television or radio, I shut them off or leave the room.
LATA MANGESHKAR

Myself Room Sing Television
I wish I had given more time to learning classical singing.
LATA MANGESHKAR

Classic Learning Myself Time
As a singer, you have to bring the soul to the song.
LATA MANGESHKAR

Music Singer Song Soul Yourself
I have decided that I won’t take up assignments that don’t interest me.
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Assignment Decision Interest Myself
Today, the scope for variety has shrunk drastically. There are only a handful of topnotch composers like A. R. Rahman, Anu Malik, Jatin-Lalit that’s it.
LATA MANGESHKAR

Composer Drastic Hands Scope
I missed out on my childhood. I had to work hard, but I was immediately given a place in playback.
LATA MANGESHKAR

Childhood Hard Work Myself Place Play

I have been singing for the last 50 years, you know, so I deserve a break. Besides, there are talented singers around who can do justice to their work.

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