We caught up with Tav Bains, check out what he had to say!

Welcome! What or who influenced your early passions and interests?

 Thank you for interviewing me on Simply Bhangra, I would like to thank all my fans, family, friends, and God for supporting my song Green Eyes and helping it to get to number 5 in the world iTunes downloads chart.

Being born in Coventry, West Midlands UK, I listened to bhangra music from a young age, I listened to The Safri Boys, Taz Stereo Nation (Johnny Zee), Apna Sangeet, Apache Indian, Punjabi MC and many more. Little did I know destiny would surround me by these stars who I now proudly call my friends.

My parents were both born in India, as a child, Punjabi was and still is spoken at home and the family holidays were always trips to India 90% of the time.

From a young age of 5 I was always singing, mainly Punjabi or Hindi songs and then of course I started watching Bollywood films. They inspired me to write and sing my own songs.

In order to be successful, what skills do you need to have?

I truly believe to be successful you need to keep positive and believe in yourself and God, it