"Big compliment for me (when people compare me with Kishore Kumar) because he is one man who I always look up to. He was so talented that I cannot dare to stand any closer to him. He was somebody who used to sing and act," the 31-year-old said here at the promo launch of "London, Paris, New York".
"Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra - these are the people whom I idolise a lot. They have done movies and they used to sing songs. I just hope, in my small way, I can be somewhere close to these big names," he added.
Ali says it is not tough for him to multitask and added: "I feel I am an artist, these are different forms of expression to create. I love to create, that's it. I create music, I write poetry. I love to act," said Ali who debuted in Bollywood with "Tere Bin Laden" in 2010.
"London, Paris, New York" is set to hit theatres on March 2 and also stars Aditi Rao Hydari of "Yeh Saali Zindagi" fame.
Meanwhile, Ali also has David Dhawan's remake of "Chashme Buddoor".