Your segment in Neki Ki Raah was really nice . Do you want to sing more ?
Yeah , definitely . I really enjoy singing , as I said earlier that I never wanted to be a singer , but I really enjoy singing . It gives a lot of weight to what I ’ m feeling . Even when I ’ m writing a song and maybe writing a new melody , I just sometimes put the mic on , I just put my piano on and I just go for it . I just feel very good about the fact that I feel very good emotion . I see it as a means of emotion . So , yeah , when I get the right song , definitely like Neki Ki Raah , I think I really like doing that part . So similarly , if I get the right song again in my range and my character , why not ? I ’ ll be very happy to sing it .
What are your future aspirations , both as an artist and as a human ? something that I would comment is that I think we should definitely have some kind of answerability to ourselves in terms of what are we putting out because I think that the social media blast or whatever you want to call it . I think a lot of people who don ’ t have the call or who don ’ t have that expression also seem to be believing that they are artists .
So I don ’ t mean to undermine anybody , but I feel that everybody has a unique gift and it may not be music , it may not be what they are doing . So I think the dignity of the art cannot get compromised because of somebody who is misguided or is lost or is just excited about the concept of being a musician . You could be in love with the fact of being with the image of being a musician , but that really doesn ’ t make you a musician . I really can ’ t preach to society at large in that sense . I think this is a very individual , personal thing . But I would want every person to take that responsibility and very responsibly put their music out so that the dignity and sanctity of music is always maintained and the artist and the listener always respect that .
I think as an artist , I feel that I really feel that I ’ ve just begun . You know , it ’ s been now close to , I think , 16 , 17 years that I ’ ve been putting out original music . And I ’ m very grateful to the people who have given so much of love to my music and with the kind of emotional connection that I have with the listeners . So I feel very grateful for that . I feel very grateful to be a musician and to do to live my dream . I wake up every morning very satisfied , very excited . I have the same enthusiasm that I had when I was probably going to the recordings of Bas Ek Pal . So my aspirations further is this , that I want to do more music . I feel that I still have my best yet to come and I want to do a lot more than I ’ ve done . I ’ ve been very choosy and I haven ’ t done that much , I haven ’ t put out that much music in the last 15 years . But people have been very patient with me , but I think now
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