The first 10 years of my life, I lived as 'Matangi.' When I came to England in '86, my first week of… — M.I.A Copy Share Image
I feel like people either love me or hate me, which is good, because that was the point of what I do.… — M.I.A Copy Share Image
It's a bit weird, because I don't really know what people expect or think being political is; I just don't get it.… — M.I.A Copy Share Image
It's interesting, because I named my first album after my dad because I wanted to find him. My second album was named… — M.I.A Copy Share Image
My record label always says you shouldn't talk about money because it makes people extremely uncomfortable. Refugees can't talk about money. Rappers… — M.I.A Copy Share Image
I'm just so grateful for the 10 years that I had in Sri Lanka when it was in the middle of a… — M.I.A Copy Share Image
I was part of the generation that pushed the Internet. In fact, I broke as an artist in the U.S.A. because of… — M.I.A Copy Share Image
Matangi's mantra is aim, which is MIA backwards. She fights for freedom of speech and stands for truth, and lives in the… — M.I.A Copy Share Image
I'd be very controversial if I said why, and I don't do controversial anymore. That's too passé. So last year. Being controversial is boring… — M.I.A Copy Share Image
I don't like the idea of spirituality done the way it's done. The only way I could understand it was through creativity, not by… — M.I.A Copy Share Image
I felt pissed off because I realized that you have to teach people in a clichéd way how to be happy-and happiness has become… — M.I.A Copy Share Image
The first 10 years of my life, I lived as 'Matangi.' When I came to England in '86, my first week of school was… — M.I.A Copy Share Image
My uncle was the first brown person to have a market stall on Petticoat Lane in the 1960s. He worked his way up from… — M.I.A Copy Share Image
That divide between the rich and poor is so crazy, because even white kids are suffering now. — M.I.A Copy Share Image
Businessmen in society are not going to be the ones that promote anything outside of money. — M.I.A Copy Share Image
That's what New York is like - you can't have real art happen in an institution because rich people can make the world stop.… — M.I.A Copy Share Image
