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I believe in one power, and that is the hand of God. I respect all religions.

Lata Mangeshkar

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 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 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
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.
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Fierce Force Master Myself Temperature
One has to be fully committed to one’s career. Otherwise, there’s no point.
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Career Commitment Oneself Point
I have decided that I won’t take up assignments that don’t interest me.
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Assignment Decision Interest Myself
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.
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Bad Day Feeling Kind Music Myself
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 believe in one power, and that is the hand of God. I respect all religions.
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Believe God Hands Myself Power Religion Respect
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
I missed out on my childhood. I had to work hard, but I was immediately given a place in playback.
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Childhood Hard Work Myself Place Play
As a singer, you have to bring the soul to the song.
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Music Singer Song Soul Yourself
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
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.
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Alone Myself Night Record Start Thinking Training Travel Work
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

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