"I am not a very good singer."
"I did sing a track for Dhanush's '3,' but that's because the track required a voice like mine."
"#MeToo is a welcome change, and I would encourage women to call out sexual harassment issues in their workplaces."
"'Indian' is a cult album. It is one of my most favourite Rahman sir albums."
"I can never recreate the magic that 'Indian' did in the '90s."
"Whatever I can do to the best of my abilities is what I am trying to do."
"In the case of '3,' the makers let me be. That worked out really well."
"When 'Bayatikocchi Chooste' Teaser became such a big hit, I was so happy."
"I make music from my heart and will continue to do so."
"The inspiration for 'Ai Dil Mere' happened at 4:30 A.M. on a Sunday."
"Music has no language. That's something I've come to believe in even more ever since 'Kolaveri Di' happened. I don't deliberately make separate Tamil, Hindi, or Telugu tracks."
"I make it a point to make a new song every day."
"Songs, for me, are very personal."
"Every song becomes an emotional journey for me, and only then will the soul of the song remain honest."
"I love collaborations, as every combination provides a unique opportunity to create something new."
"From my childhood, I never wanted to do anything else but create music. From my first piano to setting up my studio, all I ever wanted was to give it all my time."
"'Kolaveri' is one song that people feel connected to. While I am bored of the song, it seems people aren't. I really can't say what worked. But I can definitely say that the song made me what I am today."
"I would love to work in Bollywood."
"I am so happy about the opportunity I got to direct music for my favourite actor, Rajinikanth."
"If you compose a song from your soul, it will come out well."
"The night we released 'Why This Kolaveri Di?,' I went home and played all the songs I had composed since I was in Class 6. I had a great time playing them and revisiting how much I had grown and evolved over the years as a musician."
"I'm shy by nature, not just around girls but guys as well."
"You have to keep proving yourself over and over again."
"I've been a musician since my childhood."
"I've done eight grades of piano training from Trinity College and also done my sound engineering course."
