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Last updated on November 9, 2024.
The fact that I can unfurl the Indian flag the world over is the biggest honour.
The love and pride that I feel from my Indian fan base make every new performance in India unique and special.
I have rather skinny legs - I blame my dad's side of the family.
When you're sharply dressed I think you feel more confident.
There's been so much fusion of genres, whether Hindi and hip or reggaeton and bhangra.
I was never your average artist, happy to do whatever the record company told me.
When I realized that you can actually impact people's lives like that through music, thats an incredible thing.
The thing about touring is you get to see the world, man.
I don't need awards to show me how successful I am or to prove to me that I'm doing a good thing and that I'm succeeding.
I never did music for awards. I did music because I love it and I do music because I love singing and I love entertaining.
I've always been interested in acting because I acted before I did singing.
The Indian heritage plays a very important role in my career, I have always wanted my Indian roots to be with me. I was also influenced by the urban culture around me back in the day.
In school, I used to write scripts and all that good stuff.
As a teenager, I was part of rap groups, but ultimately the sound of R&B acts like Donnell Jones, Brian McKnight, and Eric Benet won my heart.
You should be able to do you. That's what differentiates an artist from a singer.
Music was more than just something I enjoyed listening to. I was fascinated by it. I'd watch some of my favourite artists and emulate everything they did.
I wanted to save people's lives. I wanted to do something good in this world.
I've never claimed myself to be a particularly Asian R&B singer. I'm R&B, pure and simple, regardless of my skin colour. Should that matter? I think not.
I can do whatever I want now. I can drop seven songs in two weeks and fans don't care about whether it's from an album or not. They just care about the music.
I've always found that there are loads of people out there with real talent will never get discovered. Shows like 'The X Factor' can help that and give people the confidence to do what they want.
I would love to work with Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, because I love their music and they are responsible for a lot of incredible stuff.
The pride I feel in representing my people, no matter where I am, is never going to diminish. I could be in Hong Kong, Singapore, Egypt or even Las Vegas, I'll always be representing my people.
I've played in Detroit so many times; the only thing I can say is that the crowd has been very responsive to me. They've always shown a lot of love.
I don't like to hold grudges, I don't like to talk ill of people.
I love watching programs about Discovery Channel and just reading New Scientist, and all that kind of stuff. Im just fascinated by it.
Fashion is a huge part of my life.
I'm never a believer in going back in anything. You move forward, so that's my whole mentality, you make moves to go forward not back.
I wanted to be a doctor originally; that was my realistic dream, because I knew how to get there. Being a pop star was my wild dream, a fantasy - there was no direct route.
When I got my deal with Cash Money, it changed my whole life.
Songwriters, we're always looking for new concepts, fresh concepts, and there are only so many ways you can talk about partying, really.
My father decided early on to get me the best education money could buy. He wanted me to have the opportunities that were denied to him.
Birdman is probably one of the most intelligent music moguls out there.
People always tell me, when I want to get in the mood of a party or when I'm at a party and they put a Jay Sean song on I feel happy.
When I came into this industry, was there racism? Yes.
I cannot live without my iPhone.
I love making friends, I love talking to people, I love having a great time, and I love to see people have fun.
I think the charity side of things for me is very important, because if you're not giving something back, there's an imbalance somewhere in your life.
I'd be making a fool of myself if I thought I was a rapper.
I don't actually believe in the 2012 Mayan theory at all, but I thought it would be a really dope thing to write about.
I've always done pretty well for myself here in the U.K., but I was never going to be content being a big fish in a small pond.
I have the best fans. I know every artist says that but I really do. I love my fans for how much they know about me, how much they learn about me, and how much they really pay attention.
Out of all of the stuff I have done in my whole 12 years, the Mistress series I and II are the most enjoyable processes I've ever been through and definitely, I'm most proud of that music.
Besides the vocal warm ups, me and my band have a secret hand shake that we do just to get us all pumped. It's nice.
I don't live for glamor and I don't care for fame, I'm in it for the love of the game
When I do music I don't do it with a purpose in mind. I just feel like it's a little bit contrived if you try to do something like that. It's got to come organically.
One thing that remains consistent throughout anything I do in life really is remaining true to myself and trusting my gut instincts.
I'm fighting for this girl on the battlefield of love
Got me look like baby Cupid
Sending arrows from above
There's no perfect [date]. There's no agenda which has to be fulfilled. So really it's about the company and how well you get along.