Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Anu Malik

You could identify with Panchamda's music. It made you fall in love. It made your heart beat. It made you feel you are young.

Ashanti - the famous singer in the U.S. - has also sung for me. This was the biggest high for me.

In a Broadway musical, a scene sometimes breaks into a song and vice versa.

I felt very grateful to JP Dutta who had faith in me from the beginning.

It is a great feeling to be called an international composer in the true sense.

Unfortunately, people like to remember me only for my faults.

Anyone who says that awards make no difference to him is lying through his teeth!

In 'LoC,' I was returning to a war film after 'Border,' and I had to put myself into the hearts and minds of our soldiers.

You can't give your songs to just anybody.

India is a huge country with so much talent. We Indians have one problem though. Something suddenly excites us, and then we suddenly lose interest.

I remember going to a music company and while I was sitting there I saw Panchamda. He saw me and hid from me - because he had come there asking for work. That was the most painful moment of my life - that one of the greatest composers, a living legend, was looking for work.

In 'Main Prem' I had to put myself into the hearts of young lovers.

I always viewed life in a different way. For example, when I was flooded with offers and I was on radio, on television or giving music in films, I had so much work that I didn't know when morning came and when night came.

I feel that when someone is ignored, that person strikes even harder.

Star cast is very important, for the songs to fly again. You need someone like a Shah Rukh Khan or a Salman Khan, a big star in the film. They will make sure that the song is taken to a different level.

I made the song 'Sandese aate hain' for the soldiers to sing in their bunkers.

There's no better girlfriend than your own work, because when it goes away, you realise how important it is.

Talent sticks out like a sore thumb.

There are very few music projects like 'Border,' that you get to work on in your lifetime.

Salaam' is one of my most beautiful creations.

I cannot sit back and think that I am the best. I have to prove again and again that I am the most original music director around, even if I'm everyone's favorite whipping boy.

There can never be another Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Kishore Kumar and Mohammed Rafi they are in different league.

I do not worry about the past. I move on.

I want to write for big names like Whitney Houston and The Backstreet Boys.

I am talented enough to compose internationally.

My father, composer Sardar Malik, used to say that a good musician should always try to imbibe good poetry. One reason why today's songs don't have a shelf life is because of inane lyrics.

I met Panchamda for the first time when I was just 17 years old.

The songs of 'Border' and 'Refugee' were from my heart. Everything that is patriotic comes from the heart. If these songs come out time and again, that shows how much I love the country.

Most Indians are concerned about their wives and children. But when I read the script of 'LoC,' I realised that the jawans giving their lives for the country do not think of their wives and families. My thoughts and prayers go out to them.

Whenever I am at the airport, I always manage to get a hug from the security personnel present at the security check. They always tell me that they love the songs from 'Border,' and its amazing that even 20 years later, the songs continue to hold the same meaning and impact they had when the film was released.

I deserved the National Award for 'Border,' but got it for 'Refugee.'

I did an English album called 'Ice' earlier but it was too ahead of its time.

When 'Indian Idol 2' started, I believed we would have a female idol this time. Unfortunately, that didn't happen and it is really funny.

Some of the top directors have launched their career with me. That's the high.

There are seven notes - Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni no one is original in the world. We have to play around the notes and make our own stuff.

When I look at makers like Rajkumar Hirani, Aditya, Karan Johar, Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Vishal Bhardwaj, I get inspired.

I was shocked when Raj Kumar Santhoshi approached me for 'Ghatak.'

Coming from a film family didn't help me much and I had to struggle a lot.

I feel incredible that I've managed to connect with the youth.

After 'Hunterwali' went unnoticed, Harmesh Malhotra gave me a break in 'Poonam,' but the real start came with F.C. Mehra's 'Ek Jaan Hain Hum.'

I didn't knock on any producers' doors for work.

Salman will always be a superstar.

Since I have spent so much time with film-makers, and I understand the process, I would love to direct a film some day.

I think music is all about team work.

I have seen people from every strata of society trying to prove their talent. And I value people only for their talent.

I am the only composer who refuses films.

I just can't do without my kids. They are more than anything else in the world.

Women are ruling in every sector, so why not in music?

I kept myself busy by taking up offers as a judge in reality shows.

When I was working on the music of 'Jaan-E-Mann' and 'Umrao Jaan,' my father was hospitalised. I had to shuttle between hospital and studios.

When you work for so many years in the industry, you form your cliques. But I quickly realised that I have to be open to work with new talent.

I had this knack of writing opening lines to my tunes. This helped in making an instant impression.

Frankly, all the songs from 'Fiza' that made news were mine.

People believe in my originality more than anything else.

When you are known, you do have people who love you very much and also those who hate you for what you are.

As far as Pakistani music is concerned, it definately has a nice ring to it, so whats the big deal as long as people are getting to hear good music from all parts of the world.

Ud Jana' is a rock song, so we have used funky beats to give it a youthful appeal.

Im not rude, I'm just plain honest.

People in the West want to hear Indian melody, not someone who is aping the West.

When you are starved and something is dropped on your plate you are going to relish every bite.