People say we're similar with Lady Gaga, that we both mix all these things in the pot and spit them out differently,… — M.I.A Copy Share Image
I never pigeonholed myself - the only reason you'd want to pigeonhole is to monetize your business and, as a person, I… — 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
Music that was made in the 60s and 70s did come from a really soulful place. The seed for the songs written… — M.I.A Copy Share Image
I don't support terrorism and never have. As a Sri Lankan that fled war and bombings, my music is the voice of… — M.I.A Copy Share Image
The music industry is so tied up politically. They're afraid they might let other voices in. — M.I.A Copy Share Image
If it's just politics that's running music, f - k that. I'm out of here! I can't think of anything more boring. — M.I.A Copy Share Image
The music industry was invented, like, 100 years ago. I'm talking about the goddess Matangi, who invented music 5,000 years ago. She… — M.I.A Copy Share Image
I already feel that I am making a political statement by sticking around in music, when I am doing it so differently… — M.I.A Copy Share Image
In my head I actually think my songs are pop songs. I think, Damn, that's a pop song! I can practice in… — M.I.A Copy Share Image
There has been an effect of business rap on the output of today's rap music. But I don't think that's the modern… — M.I.A Copy Share Image
Nowadays, [young musicians] are so quick to be like, "OK, fine, I'll take the cheque, or I'll get the stamp from XYZ,… — M.I.A Copy Share Image
At first, I found the music I was making really hard to find a home for. I felt like my attitude was… — M.I.A Copy Share Image
In my head, I actually think my songs are pop songs. I think, 'Damn, that's a pop song!' I can practice in… — M.I.A Copy Share Image
I don't understand why people make me want to make music that's a join-the-dots thing by numbers. I find it really difficult… — M.I.A Copy Share Image
It is a coincidence that Mathangi is the Goddess of Music and the spoken word, which can be rap. — M.I.A Copy Share Image
I hate the idea of street art. With music, I just needed my brain and my voice, which didn't cost anything. — 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
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