"Why do you call me a ghazal singer? I have done playback for Hindi and Pujabi films and also have sung Gurbani and bhajans. So why restrict me to just ghazals. I am a trained singer," Singh replied to a question during a press conference in New Delhi recently.

He believes that technology has taken over the music industry more than needed and the human touch is missing. "The human touch is missing. One can see vast use of rhythm machines, synthesizers, and samplers in music. The technology does the major job. Today's generation of musicians doesn't want to put in any effort," says the singer.

The popular singer was in the capital for the launch of the music album of Punjabi film "Sat Sri Akal" which also features music reality show winner Ismeet Singh.

Talking about Ishmeet, who passed away recently he says, "I have heard his voice and found a very good throw and voice quality in his singing. It was a very gifted voice. He was a classical trained singer and it is unfortunate that he is not amongst us here today."

Jagjit Singh, who has also composed music for films and albums, says, Mirza Ghalib is his favourite album.

The maestro, who sang some unforgettable numbers in Bollywood films including Arth, Saath Saath and Premgeet in early 80s, made his mark at the time when ghazal singing was dominated by established names like Noor Jehan, Malika Pukhraj, Begum Akhtar,Talat Mahmood and Mehdi Hassan.

Adding that there is no dearth of talent in the country, the Padma Bhushan awardee says that today's generation don't want to learn and want to become superstars overnight. "There are no shorcuts to become famous and rich. One has to go through hard work and continuous 'riyaaz'. But nowadays I hardly find a good and trained singer in the music industry among the new brigade," says the singer.