I'm inspired by many artists whose language I don't understand. — Yasmine Hamdan Art Copy Share Image
My father is an engineer, and my mother raised the three children. — Yasmine Hamdan Children Copy Share Image
When I go to Beirut, I don't drive. It's traumatizing to drive there. — Yasmine Hamdan Copy Share Image
I was raised by strong women, and the role models I had in music and cinema were strong, too - liberated and… — Yasmine Hamdan Cinema Copy Share Image
Singing is a very sensual activity! You engage in it with all your senses and your heart. — Yasmine Hamdan Heart Copy Share Image
Because of the Lebanese civil war, I had a scattered childhood. I had to build my own connections to each country we… — Yasmine Hamdan Childhood Copy Share Image
My dad was a brilliant civil engineer. My parents later divorced, but we lived in Abu Dhabi, Greece, Kuwait. — Yasmine Hamdan Brilliant Copy Share Image
I don't relate to what is seen as 'Arab culture.' I relate to what I explore myself, what is around me. — Yasmine Hamdan Arab Copy Share Image
I've always had a sense that I am doing something very important, something vital. — Yasmine Hamdan Copy Share Image
All of the Arabic women I grew up listening to or watching had a very strong character. — Yasmine Hamdan Character Copy Share Image
Change means resistance, and resistance means transformation and igniting energies. — Yasmine Hamdan Change Copy Share Image
I met Jim Jarmusch when I started recording my album 'Ya Nass.' He was writing the script for 'Only Lovers Left Alive.'… — Yasmine Hamdan Alive Copy Share Image
Back in Kuwait, I had started listening to a lot of English language music: western music, I would say - Kate Bush… — Yasmine Hamdan Copy Share Image
Imagine a singer with the virtuosity of Joan Sutherland or Ella Fitzgerald, the public persona of Eleanor Roosevelt, and the audience of… — Yasmine Hamdan Audience Copy Share Image
It's normal; Arab women have always been very active at the forefront of culture - as film producers since the 1920s; as… — Yasmine Hamdan Arab Copy Share Image
When the public doesn't understand me, it's a battle. So when I choose words, I choose them for their musicality, rhythm, and… — Yasmine Hamdan Battle Copy Share Image
I went from the most underground band in the world to signing with Madonna's producer and a record label that is extremely… — Yasmine Hamdan Copy Share Image
When I started doing music, it was out of despair and boredom. I got passionate about it, and I felt that it… — Yasmine Hamdan Art Copy Share Image
It's complicated for my music to be accepted, even in Lebanon and the Arabic world - I sing in Arabic, but there's… — Yasmine Hamdan Copy Share Image
My family played a part in bringing communism to Lebanon. — Yasmine Hamdan Communism Copy Share Image
I follow my desires, and I'm prepared to take the consequences. — Yasmine Hamdan Consequences Copy Share Image
Collaborating with other artists is an emotional thing. Obviously, you don't do it unless this person inspires you. — Yasmine Hamdan Art Copy Share Image
There is something spiritual about art that connects us with ourselves and with others; it's really about coming together and creating bridges. — Yasmine Hamdan Art Copy Share Image
For me, a taxi is like a public space because so many people get in that space. — Yasmine Hamdan Copy Share Image
When I read the Koran or hear it read, the images and the poetry, the sound of the language is very inspiring. — Yasmine Hamdan Inspiring Copy Share Image
The Arabic music I listen to is extremely edgy. Ironic, sarcastic, sensual, erotic. — Yasmine Hamdan Copy Share Image
When I started, I didn't know how to sing in Arabic - it's a very complex and sophisticated music full of codes… — Yasmine Hamdan Copy Share Image
I don't believe that there is a separation between art and political consciousness. — Yasmine Hamdan Art Copy Share Image
I sing 'Beirut' for what the city is for me, but I am also singing as an exile. — Yasmine Hamdan Copy Share Image
If you have a drummer who alternates between fast and slow drumming, it can negatively affect the music. — Yasmine Hamdan Drummer Copy Share Image
