Vidya Vox Quotes

Vidya Vox

Profession : Entertainer

Birth : September 26, 1990

Most of my family speaks fluent Malayalam.

Vidya Vox

My mom took my sister and I to music classes. We used to hate practising as kids but my grandma used to make it fun by playing musical games with us.

Vidya Vox

My entire family is from Palakkad, and my grandmother grew up in Kerala, as did my mom.

Vidya Vox

I was embarrassed about being Indian and I was very introverted. My mom would pack me Indian food for lunch. All the kids had their Lunchables and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and I had rice and dal. They would say, 'Does your house smell like curry? You smell like curry!' So, I'd never eat lunch, really. Or, I'd hide to eat lunch.

Vidya Vox

My mother and grandmother are very supportive of me, and they always have a say in things. They also really help with any pronunciation problems I have with Tamil and Malayalam, and can always identify if there is a mistake and correct it.

Vidya Vox

I was bullied when I was in middle school in D.C., especially for being an Indian, because there weren't many Indian kids in school. And because of that, I tended to hide my Indian culture, but that changed by the end of high school. Now, I am 100% proud of it.

Vidya Vox

Music is so subjective and personal, I don't expect people to like everything I do. But that's life and you have to live unapologetically.

Vidya Vox

I was raised in an Indian household - singing classical music and eating south Indian food. But the second I went to school, it was a different world. I'd be listening to Destiny's Child, Usher and the Backstreet Boys. It wasn't until college that I really found the balance between the two worlds.

Vidya Vox

YouTube is amazing because you really don't have to wait for anyone to showcase your work. Social media in general is like that. People can connect with it all over the world.

Vidya Vox

I'm so grateful to be able to do music.

Vidya Vox

I grew up learning carnatic music but I also enjoyed english music so I always thought I could marry the two words and we tried the idea once and it was a hit.

Vidya Vox

Growing up, I had a bit of an identity crisis.

Vidya Vox

I spoke in Tamil at home and ate dosa and idli.

Vidya Vox

My music is a whole reflection of who I'm as an individual.

Vidya Vox

My father was actually controlling and abusive.

Vidya Vox

Music was my solace, my refuge.

Vidya Vox

I love mixing Indian and Western.

Vidya Vox

There's no longevity on YouTube. You have to keep pushing boundaries.

Vidya Vox

It's all about the balance. For musicians, me personally, you just can't keep doing covers or mash-ups. It would get old pretty fast.

Vidya Vox

You can put your music out on YouTube and get messages from all over the world.

Vidya Vox