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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

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 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 have decided that I won’t take up assignments that don’t interest me.
LATA MANGESHKAR

Assignment Decision Interest 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
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
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
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.
LATA MANGESHKAR

Believe Experience Follow Life Lose Money Myself Rule Sacrifice Understand
I wish I had given more time to learning classical singing.
LATA MANGESHKAR

Classic Learning Myself Time
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
I wouldn’t let a biopic be made on me. That’s because I don’t believe in them. I don’t like them.
LATA MANGESHKAR

Believe Biopic Myself
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 really liked Kishore Kumar. He had a virile man’s voice, and he was truly versatile.
LATA MANGESHKAR

Man Myself True Voice
For me, awards are a token of respect that people are giving me. So no matter how many awards I am receiving, I always feel emotional.
LATA MANGESHKAR

Award Emotional Myself People Respect
In my opinion, the biggest achievement was by Shankar-Jaikishan. With Raj Kapoor’s ‘Barsaat,’ they changed the way we looked at playback singing.
LATA MANGESHKAR

Achievement Big Change Opinion Play Sing
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

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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