You can't stop an artist from expressing his views through art. Raftaar More Quotes by Raftaar More Quotes From Raftaar I want to be like Chris Brown meets Jay Z. Chris is a singer, a dancer, a complete powerhouse on stage and Jay Z is not just a popular musician, but also a lyrical genius, a business mogul, who knows how to be classy. Raftaar classygeniusbusinesswant I think rap is all about what you feel about a situation and not just about cars, alcohol and women. Raftaar feelyouwomenalcohol What is offensive is different for everyone. Raftaar everyoneoffensivedifferent I come from an extremely modest background. So now I have way more than what I'm used to. Raftaar backgroundmorenowway My mom's not working, my dad doesn't want to stop working because he likes to be engrossed, so everybody is happy. Raftaar stopdadmomhappy Being a Malayali, I had to learn Punjabi and Haryanvi to be able to jump into the music scene. Raftaar jumplearnbeingmusic I do rap and speak in Malayalam but only to save my life as my vocabulary in the language is not as good as it is in Hindi. Raftaar my-lifegoodspeaklife Living in Delhi, I head to the mountains or the seaside at every chance I get. I like bungee-jumping and rafting in Rishikesh. Raftaar mountainslikelivingchance If you try to sound like somebody else, it will never work because we already have that person. You are noticed when you try to be an original sound. Raftaar willneveryouwork If you have another actor like Ranveer Singh, same energy and same vibe, you probably won't look at that person. There are a lot of people who can rap, it's just a different personality or sound that gets noticed. Raftaar lookyoupersonalitypeople I am my own parent when it comes to rapping and do impromptu stuff. Being a rapper, you have to be good at improvising, like you give me a word and I have to rhyme it quickly and then make sense out of the rhyme. Raftaar i-amgoodmeyou I hate it when people in India throw in an American or English accent while rapping without even a passport in possession. Raftaar americanindiahatepeople While writing a normal song, we just pen four lines and then we have a chorus and some lines again. But rap is about storytelling and requires extra effort to write. Raftaar peneffortwritingsong Growing up in the north, it was natural for me to absorb the Punjabiness around me. I like their way of living, their large-heartedness. I know no other way. Raftaar knowmegrowing-upway I knew I had a sharper mind than most others and I had a sense of rhyme. One didn't even need to sing melodies. It felt like the perfect way to make my way out of the gutter. Raftaar needperfectmindway Rapping is competitive. Even someone who is not particularly fond of my music, may claim to be my fan only because he hates Honey Singh. Raftaar onlysomeonemusichoney All my hits in Punjab and Haryana are about heartbreak. Raftaar hitsaboutheartbreak When we are making our independent music, we know our directors and what's happening around as we are paying for it. When it's a movie song, it's not you who is doing everything it's the creative heads and production house. Raftaar knowyoumusicsong Talking about remixes, some people like to preserve what is original and some people give it a new meaning. Coming to Hip Hop, the biggest of the artists use sampling. You are changing the genre of the song and to be able to give old music in new package is also fair and people who have emotions attached to it - they are also not wrong. Raftaar youmusicsongpeople I like to live life in a way that I understand, it's satisfying. I understand you have to reach a mark where everyone likes you but in reality they don't like you, they like your work. Raftaar youlive-lifeworklife
