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I’ve always loved life, irrespective of all the ups and downs that have filled my journey.

Lata Mangeshkar

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.
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Appreciation Association Change Concept Imagination Kind Live Myself Revolution
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
From my experience and understanding, I believe money follows name and fame, while recognition calls for a huge amount of sacrifice. To get something, you have to lose something. That’s the rule of life.
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Believe Experience Follow Life Lose Money Myself Rule Sacrifice Understand
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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Break Deserve Justice Myself Sing Talent Time
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.
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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.
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Myself Room Sing Television
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
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.
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Interview Myself People Practice Question Wrong
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.
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Assignment Director Movie Music Myself Share
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.
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Act Missing Music Myself Play Sing Thinking
I wish I had given more time to learning classical singing.
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Classic Learning Myself Time
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.
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Children Death Father Home Myself Responsibility Start Time Work
I have decided that I won’t take up assignments that don’t interest me.
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Assignment Decision Interest Myself
One has to be fully committed to one’s career. Otherwise, there’s no point.
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Career Commitment Oneself Point
As a singer, you have to bring the soul to the song.
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Music Singer Song Soul Yourself
I really liked Kishore Kumar. He had a virile man’s voice, and he was truly versatile.
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Man Myself True Voice

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