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I really liked Kishore Kumar. He had a virile man’s voice, and he was truly versatile.

Lata Mangeshkar

When I started out, there was so much work that I couldn’t think of doing anything else. I would go for recordings by 8.30 A.M., that, too, in trains. I used to come home at night. I was travelling alone everywhere.
LATA MANGESHKAR

Alone Myself Night Record Start Thinking Training Travel Work
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
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
I believe in one power, and that is the hand of God. I respect all religions.
LATA MANGESHKAR

Believe God Hands Myself Power Religion Respect
I have decided that I won’t take up assignments that don’t interest me.
LATA MANGESHKAR

Assignment Decision Interest Myself
People, who accused me of practising a monopoly were wrong. The media fuelled rumours about my ‘monopoly.’ The first question I was always asked during interviews was about my supposed monopoly.
LATA MANGESHKAR

Interview Myself People Practice Question Wrong
One has to be fully committed to one’s career. Otherwise, there’s no point.
LATA MANGESHKAR

Career Commitment Oneself Point
Nowadays, there are seven music directors in one film. I had never heard of such a thing before. If one of our old music directors was told to share a score with others, he would have left the assignment.
LATA MANGESHKAR

Assignment Director Movie Music Myself Share
I’ve always loved life, irrespective of all the ups and downs that have filled my journey.
LATA MANGESHKAR

Fill Journey Life Love Myself
I wish I had given more time to learning classical singing.
LATA MANGESHKAR

Classic Learning Myself Time
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 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 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 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
My father passed away in 1942, and three-four months after his death, I had to start working. There was a responsibility on my shoulders to run the household. It was my duty as the eldest child in the house.
LATA MANGESHKAR

Children Death Father Home Myself Responsibility Start Time Work
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

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