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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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'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
![“Nowadays, [young musicians] are so quick to be like, "OK, fine, I'll take the cheque, or I'll get the stamp from XYZ, and I'm expanding my brand," rather than thinking, "I'm part of this space over here, and in order for it to grow, you can't have it assimilated by this bigger bubble or corporate…” quote by M.I.A](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0a6/m-i-a-3418_bigger_nowadays-young-musicians-are-so-quick-to_1829027.jpg)
