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I want to be on stage and perform and win Grammys and help out my family in Bulgaria, because they are struggling, and my mom and dad, too.

I knew what I wanted to be, but I didn't know exactly how to get there. I thought you move to Nashville, you sing downtown, and someone discovers you, and you become a country music star. I had no idea.

I don't really plan to be a pop star; I just want to be able to make music without the whole My Dad thing hanging over me, which everyone in my position goes through.

It's like a dream to come to Spain and stay for a couple of years and get somebody to teach me Spanish music.

I like playing music because it's a good living and I get satisfaction from it. But I can't feed my family with satisfaction.

So it's a mistake for someone to think that they bailed New York out. They did assist us, for which we are grateful, but it's a mistake to say we bailed New York out by giving them a grant of money to help those poor people who throw it away on welfare.

My first ever tour of my music was in the Netherlands. I didn't really have a grace period to grow or anything; people just started booking for me. I feel pretty lucky.

Music has always been a large part of my life, and I'm very fortunate to be able to start a career doing something I love.

I was once that kid that needed a donation - that needed help to go to camp because my mom wasn't able to pay for it.

The matter of social security and these grants is to help to address the levels of poverty in the country.

Evermore thanks, the exchequer of the poor

Music kept me off the streets and out of trouble and gave me something that was mine that no one could take away from me. Music education and families are dealing with the economic times, and I wanted to help them. If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that's a wonderful thing.

My son is a professional musician now.

Nobody is going to hand you a music career.

I wouldn't be here without Girls' Generation. If there were no Girls' Generation, there would be no me.

I was very ambitious in my dream of being a pop star.

A moment for me that changed everything was hearing my song on the radio for the first time.

I never really planned on being a rapper, I just kinda did it and then people started liking it.

The bigger your songs get, the bigger the festivals you play at will be, until you make it to Ultra. It happened super quick for me. I'm still in shock, actually. I have to pinch myself a lot.

For many records, everyone was like, 'Oh, this next record is going to be their last, blah, blah, blah.' But here we are on our sixth full-length studio album and we debut at No. 16. It's obvious we're not going anywhere.

My singing teacher said it would take three years before I could sing well enough to be accepted as a professional. They were wrong. It took me five years.

Everything around me is surreal. I get picked up in cars and go to celebrity bashes, and I get sponsorship on clothes, and it's great, and I really enjoy it. But you should remember where it all started: the music. That's the key.

I realised music was my calling, and I am one of those who's strongly bound by an infectious enthusiasm and passion.

I was on the dole.

I was born in Delhi, have stayed and roamed the world, but had a tough childhood and career path. Only my mom and mausie supported me in music. So, I would just sing shabad kirtan to remain somehow attached to music.