Roya was my pillar of strength, says Adnan Sami

Musician Adnan Sami has a lot of good things going for him these days. He’s readying for a music  album, has been signed on by a perfume brand to launch his signature scent and much more. But things were not always this great for him, what with the legal tangles his property in the city was involved in and a marriage that went kaput.

But now that he has found love again, in his new wife Roya, Adnan says that he never really felt that he had hit rock bottom during what was perceived to be as the dark phase of his life.

“The most important thing for me was that my fans were interested in my music, and not my personal life,” he says adding,

“A great example is the late singing sensation Michael Jackson — his life was riddled in controversies, but he still has over a million fans and he is talked about for his music.”

Ask him how he managed to deal with the not-so-good times, and Adnan says that it was just the love of his family that kept him going.

“For starters, one needs to be mentally strong. I’d be lying if I said that I had a great time despite my problems but the fact is that I was still surrounded by the love of my dear ones. Roya was like my pillar of strength through the ordeal. One needs to sit back and analyse each situation and realise that, ‘Okay, s**t happens! Deal with it’. I learnt to do that,” says Adnan.

The singer says that he has now mastered the art of compartmentalising situations and not mixing the good things happening to him with the bad things and that, he says, is important for one to keep their sanity, especially during difficult times.