Atif Aslam

Music is something that should give you peace. ”

The point of teaming up with American musicians was that there was no better way than that of music to let people from both the sides know what either of them thinks about the other. ”

I've been offered roles in Indian films, but I wanted my debut film to be from Pakistan. A lot of people think that I've made my music career from India, but that's not true. I made it big in Pakistan, and then I went across the border. ”

I have never composed a song keeping in mind that I should touch any social issues. ”

There was no music at all during my childhood. The first time we heard music was when my eldest brother bought a tape recorder. Even then, only he was allowed to touch it. But in our house, we listened to legends such as Muhammad Rafi, Mehdi Hasan, Noor Jehan, Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi. ”

You are thinking about the music, about the mathematics of it. It's time-consuming and energy-consuming at the same time. That's why I take my time off, my family time, as inspirational. I cool off. ”

I don't listen to my songs. The only time I do it is when someone points out a flaw in the end product. ”

When one gets time duration, one becomes very restricted, and hence, creativity suffers. ”

I have realized that there is no point making plans, because it'll never end; you're never going to win the world. I thought at one point in time I am going to do that, but you cannot. So I am just enjoying myself. ”

Acting in a music video is basically about lip syncing songs and giving expressions that represent what the song is about. While acting for the silver screen, you have to deliver dialogues, remember them, and you have to be in a certain frame of mind. ”