Born on November 27th

"I've always been a football fanatic."

"My first was a Hare Rama Hare Krishna pendant bought in 1976. The other pendants I wear are Balaji from Tirupati, a pendant of my guruji Shri Krishna and Lord Ganpati."

"Mentoring is an interesting job."

"Gujarati is a very sweet language and I have always used elements from Gujarati songs in my music."

"I watched so many matches of Jarnail Singh, P.K. Banerjee, Chuni Goswami and Peter Thangaraj."

"Lata Mangeshkar is an old friend. I knew her through my father Aparesh Lahiri who was a music director in Calcutta."

"I have been a tabla player since the age of four."

"The first film I gave music for was a Bengali film called 'Dadu.'"

"I am extremely lucky I have done so many songs with Lata Mangeshkar."

"Abroad in Hollywood, I am called Bling Bling Bappi."

"It never bothered me that people made fun of my passion for gold... I would never feel bad when people ridiculed me for my fascination with gold."

"I don't wear any jewellery or gold at home."

"I have always got gold from my family."

"In Hollywood, famous singer Elvis Presley used to wear gold chains. I was a huge follower of Presley. I used to think, if I become successful someday, then I will build a different image of mine. By the grace of God, I could do it with gold."

"Gold is lucky for me."

"This new age metal Luminex Uno- made up of gold, platinum and silver is excellent."

"The 80s was an outstanding era."

"My style of songs will never get old because the music is very catchy."

"I miss the 1980s era."

"Jeetendra and I had 14 silver jubilee films."

"My music is always good."

"I love Punjabi Folk."

"Everybody has dreams."

"Naino Main Sapna,' 'Taaki O Taaki' in 'Himmatwala' was my baby."

"My parents, Aparesh and Bansari Lahiri were very famous singers from Kolkata."

"At the age of 11, I started composing and my first composition was sung by my father."

"I told my father that I was not interested in studies. I was more interested in tabla, piano and other instruments. My father told me to complete school and then I could do music full-time."

"I was about 17 when I began my career."

"I was about 19 when I began working for Hindi films."

"I cannot be confined to just one or two kinds of music."