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K. J. Yesudas

(1940) Playback Singer

20 quotes in 92 categories

K. J. Yesudas is a playback singer.

Quick Facts About K. J. Yesudas

Born: January 10, 1940
Profession: Playback Singer

About K. J. Yesudas

[Wikidata] Indian playback singer and musician from Kerala.... | [Wikipedia] Kattassery Joseph Yesudas is an Indian playback singer and musician who sings Indian classical, devotional and film songs. He is widely considered one of the greatest singers in the history of Indian music and is the most famous cultural and entertainment industry icon of Kerala from the modern era.

Quotes by K. J. Yesudas

Even when someone introduced the women as someone's daughter or wife, they maintained a distance. With the advent of selfies, people now…

Children

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When women wear jeans people are tempted to pay attention to what is beyond it thus forcing them to do undesirable things.

Attention

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You should be an example for your children. I show my three children what I am and expect them to live by…

Children

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I don't like doing things without understanding the meaning. Once I walked out of a film event as I could not stand…

Doing things

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What should be covered must be covered. Women should not trouble others by wearing jeans.

Jeans

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I have no problem with someone wanting to take a photograph with me. It is a no for selfies with touching of…

Me

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God is love, love is bhakti and bhakti our connection to God.

Connection

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My parents - Augustine Joseph and Elizabeth - discovered my talent for singing when I was a kid. I remember them telling…

Listening

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I just continue to do my work with dedication. Really, it's my listeners who have given me 40 years of bhushana. However,…

Dedication

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It's my duty to upkeep and safeguard my voice, my ability to sing.

Ability

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I love singing devotional songs, in whatever language.

I love

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When I was young, I would gorge on chicken. But for the last several years, I've been a pure vegetarian; I don't…

Chicken

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It's not that I always had this impeccable voice. Some 15-18 years ago, I started noticing that I could not reach higher…

Always

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One piece of advice I often give young singers, including my son Vijay, is to not get sidetracked from their primary duty…

Advice

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My father was a very popular singer and stage actor during his time, in the 1950s. But he didn't take any formal…

Actor

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Music is the medium. Words merely enhance the composition.

Composition

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Before the '80s, no girl would ask to click a photograph. That was modest and demure.

Before

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When I recieved the Padmabhushan it was a happy moment no doubt, but it was not something I sought desperately to win.…

Award

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There is no death. The body withers but the spirit still lives.

Body

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I didn't learn music because I wanted to become famous or earn a lot of money. It was to follow my father's…

Advice

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