Quotes from Ankit Tiwari

I don't care about the world. What matters the most to me is my maa and my music. That's it!

I am scared to even look at any woman.

The pandemic has affected every single field and part of life globally including the entertainment field.

I'm a composer, music director, singer and performer. So it is a Bollywood rule that people don't know who has sung a song and whether your voice will be chosen.

In today's day and age, one looks forward to experimenting and it pays off at times and at times it doesn't. This does not mean one should stop trying.

I used to perform with my mother when I was young. This groomed me in a major way.

Since the time I started working in Bollywood, I have wanted to come and perform in Kanpur.

I love performing in Delhi. It's the heart of the country.

I feel that if Bollywood singers focus on non-film music as well... like this EP 'Naina,' which has songs sung by Sonu Nigam and Devender Pal Singh, it is really good.

There are two things that I really like to do. One is I like to watch horror films a lot. The other hobby is photography.

See, as a music composer, I am not competing with any music composer.

It has been a contented journey, as I made it without a filmi background tag, but at the same time, a lot remains to be done because there is much good music in me.

The purpose behind coming to Mumbai had always been music and I feel blessed to have got the opportunity to showcase my talent, work with prominent directors and reach out to my fans.

As a musician or composer, whenever I am recording a song I imagine myself sitting beside my piano and singing the song with a little fear that whether I will be able to perform or not.

It so happens that whenever I come to Delhi, my schedule is always packed. But sometimes, I call my friends to my hotel itself. And of course, I ask them to get the food I love. This way, I get to meet them and enjoy my favorite cuisines too.

I enjoy sitting on the floor in my house and eating daal chawal. That will remain with me wherever I go.

My priority is my work.

More competition means you do better work and a better product emerges.

I have chosen music as a profession for myself. I have never felt any kind of burden or pressure on being a part of this industry.

I have not thought of pairing with somebody for music direction and will continue composing music by myself.

Once, I got a chance to meet filmmaker Pradeep Sarkar. He wanted me to give music for his film but the project never got off.

Music is a very sensitive thing. We get musically attached to a project and it has the power to affect your mood.

It is true that independent music is risky, but the amount of freedom of expression it provides an artist overpowers this risk.

My music has to be pure.