Quotes from Amaal Mallik

I listen to a lot of music from outside, lot of background scores.

When Armaan sang his first song for Vishal Dadlani, he didn't know that they were making Daboo Malik's son sing. He went inside the studio when he was 10-11, sang a scratch and it went on to be part of 'Bhoothnath.' He didn't get the opportunity because he was so and so's kid.

I have been hearing from people that everyone is loving my music, which is a great feeling. To be honest, it's overwhelming... The female following on Twitter is insane.

In my opinion, lyrics are a paramount factor and will always be.

I love collaborating with different voices.

I am one of the few composers who has been lucky enough to manage to do songs with female singers, despite the labels and producers wanting otherwise. They don't believe that songs with female voices can work and often push us to work with male singers.

Upcoming composers in Bollywood are falling prey to the volume game, without caring what they are doing to the history of Indian music, and that's something to worry about.

I have always made music with passion, love and honesty.

I had sittings with Akshay Kumar during 'Airlift.' People who are passionate about music get involved in the making of the songs. I used to have a good interaction with him.

Our industry holds a musical perception about each emotion that we depict in our narrative. As music composers, our job is either to cater to that particular need or give it a contrast that grows on the audience in a way that it begins to sound more universal, than just obvious and expected.

I think every artist wants to create something, on their own, without any boundaries.

Indie music is picking up and artistes are more confident about putting out music with no big name attached to it.

I am too chill for Bollywood.

You either have to choose your soul or you have to choose your bank.

In a lot of ways life has come full circle for me, which I'm very grateful for.

My singing is not Hindustani classical or too western. It is a balance of Indian and western music. That's the kind of music I grew up on.

My dream is to compose for Karan Johar and Aditya Chopra.

In 2014, I composed the music for 'Jai Ho' which premiered in Dubai and I was a 23-year-old kid back then.

I never jump on to a song and say 'I will only sing it.' I am not too obsessed as a singer. I am happy being a composer.

It takes lot of years for a composer to make a name.

Many composers are asked to come up with three great songs in ten days... But it's rare for us to pull that off. You cannot force the brain to make a great song and I'm very scared of doing bad work.

I began working as an assistant since the age of 16 with my father Dabboo Malik, went on to work with composers like Amar Mohile, Salim-Sulaiman, Pritam Da, and Sandeep Chowta.

It was always my dream to do non-film music, where I'm the voice and face of my composition.

'Zara Thehro' stemmed from a thought of marrying two separate thoughts - musical and conceptual.