Top 40 Quotes & Sayings by Jeet Gannguli

Indian classical music is in my blood.

'Barsaat' is a romantic love song penned by Rashmi Virag. It is a song very close to my heart - that's why we plan to release it first. Actually over so many years, whenever I used to make a composition it would get selected for a movie. This time I was very determined to release it as an independent album and didn't give it for movies.

I love composing music and it's like a breath of fresh air for me.

I consider my music edgy, urban and with an earthy element.

I hail from a family of musicians for the last 18 generations. My grandfather was a classical singer; his father was a sitar player.

I've more than 50 hits in Bengali cinema and it's a great feeling to have them released separately in the form of albums that are independent of the movies.

For the regional film industry, it's a great feeling that a Dev film is being seen as a competition to a Salman movie.

My childhood was full of Salil Chowdhary, R.D. Burman and Madan Mohan sahab. My father used to play with them and I used to play my guitar on their notations.

Singers who are dependent on digital audio pitch correction software cannot last more than two-three songs.

My biggest pride is that Bollywood called me because of my work in Bengal.

My father, Kali Gannguli, is an arranger, composer and accordion player who has worked with Salilda whose songs I had grown up hearing.

While composing the music for 'Romeo,' I will be very versatile.

Initially, when I started working in Tollywood, there were only three or four releases in a year. But after 2010-11, the figure went up to three-four releases per month. It's impossible for one music director to work simultaneously in so many films.

Sajid-Wajid has been signed on for 'Rowdy Rathore.' Sajid and Wajid are great friends of mine. I am happy that they are scoring the music for this film.

There are very few people, like Mukesh and Mahesh Bhatt, Bhushan Kumar, and even Yash Chopra, with whom I have worked, who understand music.

I have grown up singing Rabindra Sangeet and when I was 16, I started training in jazz.

I am overwhelmed by the reaction to my songs. At Mitra, people went crazy dancing to Paglu's songs. Naveena, which hardly ever screens a Bengali movie, is screening 'Paglu.' I got mobbed at the theaters and lost my watch and shades.

Manoj Muntashir is a fantastic lyricist of this generation and he has penned my indie number 'Ae Mere Dil' very nicely.

People often compare me and Srikant Mohta with the legendary Raj Kapoor-Shankar Jaikishan jodi. They say, when ever we work together on a project, it turns into gold.

I am against vulgar lyrics. No one should feel ashamed while listening to a song.

It is very challenging to work with the Bhatt Camp as they have great sense of music.

I feel independent music is a true expression of art, whereas in movies the songs are based on various situations and each has a lot of say from the industry people who are associated with the movie.

With 'Ekla Akash,' I have sought to re-capture a different feel and mood, I will also explore other realistic films through music.

I took a vow that I would see a Bengali film song playing at a nightclub.

According to me, one composer should do one film.

It was a major turning point in my career when Anup Jalota invited me to accompany him on his various world tours. I was in two minds whether to pursue a music career in Mumbai or to stay back in Calcutta. Being the only son, it was a tough decision.

Because a composer's soul goes into a film, they should do the entire film, even the background score. If not, then don't do it.

I've been greatly influenced by the music of R.D. Burman and Sudhin Dasgupta, and I took it as a challenge to bring back the golden days of Bengali music.

I came back to the Mumbai music industry after 10 years.

Perhaps the number of new hits is not being noted the way it was done in the era of records or cassettes with the emergence of Internet.

This trend used to exist in Bengali playback where singers and composers would have their own hit series. I am thrilled that Bengal is seeing a revival of that trend.

Producer Shrikant Mohta of Venkatesh Films that made 'Josh,' is like my godfather.

As film composers, what we essentially do is fusion.

I have been doing Bollywood movies for a while, but my fans back home are always with me. They support me irrespective of whether I am working in a Bengali or a Hindi movie.

I don't follow any particular musical trend.

I also want to sing the lyrics penned by poets like Srijato.

Songs and lyrics should be subtle. They can be fun, but not vulgar.

It should be a singer's quality to know what a composer wants and sing accordingly.

I don't subscribe to the view that only puja numbers recorded during the '60s-'90s are enjoyed by the present-day listeners. Definitely the songs of that period are very popular even now, but the songs recorded afterwards are equally lapped up by the audience.

The lyrics of 'Ekla Akash' brought tears to my eyes.