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> [As an artist, you need to be true to yourself and free and not put yourself in a box that contradicts with what you feel is needed for a song.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasmine-hamdan/as-an-artist-you-need-to-be-true-to-yourself-and-free-and-not-put/)

[Yasmine Hamdan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasmine-hamdan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/043/yasmine-hamdan-10027_art_as-an-artist-you-need-to-be-true-to-your_1318092.jpg)

## More by Yasmine Hamdan

> [Without freedom and without humor, our cultures can't have a healthy evolution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasmine-hamdan/without-freedom-and-without-humor-our-cultures-can-t-have-a-healthy/)

[Yasmine Hamdan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasmine-hamdan/)

> [World music can be sometimes like the lumber room in which all the non-English singers are dumped. When you are singing in Arabic, no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasmine-hamdan/world-music-can-be-sometimes-like-the-lumber-room-in-which-all-the/)

[Yasmine Hamdan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasmine-hamdan/)

> [It's complicated for my music to be accepted, even in Lebanon and the Arabic world - I sing in Arabic, but there's no lute,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasmine-hamdan/it-s-complicated-for-my-music-to-be-accepted-even-in-lebanon-and-the/)

[Yasmine Hamdan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasmine-hamdan/)

> [I'm bored, normally, when I travel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasmine-hamdan/i-m-bored-normally-when-i-travel/)

[Yasmine Hamdan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasmine-hamdan/)

> [Every time I go to Beirut, I see people and the quality of life going slowly from bad to worse, and from worse to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasmine-hamdan/every-time-i-go-to-beirut-i-see-people-and-the-quality-of-life-going/)

[Yasmine Hamdan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasmine-hamdan/)

> [Because of the Lebanese civil war, I had a scattered childhood. I had to build my own connections to each country we moved to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasmine-hamdan/because-of-the-lebanese-civil-war-i-had-a-scattered-childhood-i-had/)

[Yasmine Hamdan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasmine-hamdan/)

> [I don't think there is only one Arab culture or a pure Arabness. We are very multiple, especially our generation, which is very multilayered.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasmine-hamdan/i-don-t-think-there-is-only-one-arab-culture-or-a-pure-arabness-we/)

[Yasmine Hamdan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasmine-hamdan/)

> ['Al Jamilat' is not just feminist. It's an album with songs that feature women: women who are in love, rebellious women, political activists, women…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasmine-hamdan/al-jamilat-is-not-just-feminist-it-s-an-album-with-songs-that-feature/)

[Yasmine Hamdan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasmine-hamdan/)

> [With Soapkills, we were lucky. We started at a time of transition where things were not ready, nothing was available.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasmine-hamdan/with-soapkills-we-were-lucky-we-started-at-a-time-of-transition-where/)

[Yasmine Hamdan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasmine-hamdan/)

> [I studied psychology at university.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasmine-hamdan/i-studied-psychology-at-university/)

[Yasmine Hamdan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasmine-hamdan/)

> [Back in Kuwait, I had started listening to a lot of English language music: western music, I would say - Kate Bush and Radiohead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasmine-hamdan/back-in-kuwait-i-had-started-listening-to-a-lot-of-english-language/)

[Yasmine Hamdan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasmine-hamdan/)

> [The Arabic music I listen to is extremely edgy. Ironic, sarcastic, sensual, erotic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasmine-hamdan/the-arabic-music-i-listen-to-is-extremely-edgy-ironic-sarcastic/)

[Yasmine Hamdan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasmine-hamdan/)

> [When I imagine feminine characters in my songs, they're often bold, strong, passionate, militant, witty, sensual, dangerous. I see those characters as skillful witnesses,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasmine-hamdan/when-i-imagine-feminine-characters-in-my-songs-they-re-often-bold/)

[Yasmine Hamdan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasmine-hamdan/)

> [There is something spiritual about art that connects us with ourselves and with others; it's really about coming together and creating bridges.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasmine-hamdan/there-is-something-spiritual-about-art-that-connects-us-with/)

[Yasmine Hamdan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasmine-hamdan/)

> [I always had this crisis: where do I come from? I was never an insider, never an outsider; I was always in the middle.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasmine-hamdan/i-always-had-this-crisis-where-do-i-come-from-i-was-never-an-insider/)

[Yasmine Hamdan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasmine-hamdan/)

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