--- title: "12 Song Quotes By M.I.A" description: "12 Song quotes by M.I.A. Plus more from M.I.A and more Song sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b75/m-i-a-3418_feels_i-already-feel-that-i-am-making-a-politi_1614378.jpg" --- > [I already feel that I am making a political statement by sticking around in music, when I am doing it so differently…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-i-a/i-already-feel-that-i-am-making-a-political-statement-by-sticking/) M.I.A [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b75/m-i-a-3418_feels_i-already-feel-that-i-am-making-a-politi_1614378.jpg) > [When I started off in England, HMV or Tower Records would come to meetings and be, like, 'We just don't know what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-i-a/when-i-started-off-in-england-hmv-or-tower-records-would-come-to/) M.I.A [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/442/m-i-a-3418_between_when-i-started-off-in-england-hmv-or-tow_2906400.jpg) > [It is a coincidence that Mathangi is the Goddess of Music and the spoken word, which can be rap.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-i-a/it-is-a-coincidence-that-mathangi-is-the-goddess-of-music-and-the/) M.I.A [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1d/m-i-a-3418_coincidence_it-is-a-coincidence-that-mathangi-is-the_2567630.jpg) > [Music that was made in the 60s and 70s did come from a really soulful place. The seed for the songs written…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-i-a/music-that-was-made-in-the-60s-and-70s-did-come-from-a-really-soulful/) M.I.A [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/312/m-i-a-3418_made_music-that-was-made-in-the-60s-and-70s-d_491247.jpg) > [With homogenized culture, even if you feel frustrated, you'd have to write a Taylor Swift song to get heard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-i-a/with-homogenized-culture-even-if-you-feel-frustrated-you-d-have-to/) M.I.A [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ee/m-i-a-3418_culture_with-homogenized-culture-even-if-you-fee_2686252.jpg) > ['Paper Planes' was an accident. It wasn't a song we made for the masses. It took two years to get popular, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-i-a/paper-planes-was-an-accident-it-wasn-t-a-song-we-made-for-the-masses/) M.I.A [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/802/m-i-a-3418_about_paper-planes-was-an-accident-it-wasn-t-a_2834830.jpg) > [In my head I actually think my songs are pop songs. I think, Damn, that's a pop song! I can practice in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-i-a/in-my-head-i-actually-think-my-songs-are-pop-songs-i-think-damn-that/) M.I.A [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a0/m-i-a-3418_anthem_in-my-head-i-actually-think-my-songs-are_1792149.jpg) > [I don't really see a difference in independent and major labels. To me, it's pretty much the same. There used to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-i-a/i-don-t-really-see-a-difference-in-independent-and-major-labels-to-me/) M.I.A [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d07/m-i-a-3418_differences_i-don-t-really-see-a-difference-in-indep_1426603.jpg) > [There's a bit of hope that a song can be about anything. If you want to write a song about anything, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-i-a/there-s-a-bit-of-hope-that-a-song-can-be-about-anything-if-you-want/) M.I.A [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fdb/m-i-a-3418_bits_there-s-a-bit-of-hope-that-a-song-can-be_1756092.jpg) > [In my head, I actually think my songs are pop songs. I think, 'Damn, that's a pop song!' I can practice in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-i-a/in-my-head-i-actually-think-my-songs-are-pop-songs-i-think-damn-that-2/) M.I.A [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb8/m-i-a-3418_actually_in-my-head-i-actually-think-my-songs-are_2530377.jpg) > [I never pigeonholed myself - the only reason you'd want to pigeonhole is to monetize your business and, as a person, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-i-a/i-never-pigeonholed-myself-the-only-reason-you-d-want-to-pigeonhole/) M.I.A [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2b/m-i-a-3418_business_i-never-pigeonholed-myself-the-only-reas_377232.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-i-a/i-don-t-understand-why-people-make-me-want-to-make-music-that-s-a/) M.I.A [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c87/m-i-a-3418_allen_i-don-t-understand-why-people-make-me-wa_2561999.jpg) ## Other authors on Song - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-taylor-swift-89132.jpg) Taylor Swift 141 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/taylor-swift/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bob-dylan-18556.jpg) Bob Dylan 95 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/bob-dylan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jimmy-page-49993.jpg) Jimmy Page 81 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/jimmy-page/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-rollins-41662.jpg) Henry Rollins 73 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/henry-rollins/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-lennon-51796.jpg) John Lennon 70 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/john-lennon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-dave-grohl-27056.jpg) Dave Grohl 70 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/dave-grohl/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paul-mccartney-74044.jpg) Paul McCartney 65 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/paul-mccartney/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-wynton-marsalis-96408.jpg) Wynton Marsalis 64 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/wynton-marsalis/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-neil-young-70733.jpg) Neil Young 64 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/neil-young/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-john-petrucci-52095.jpg) John Petrucci 63 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/john-petrucci/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-jason-mraz-47548.jpg) Jason Mraz 61 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/jason-mraz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-van-morrison-93136.jpg) Van Morrison 60 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/van-morrison/) ## More by M.I.A > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-i-a/i-d-be-very-controversial-if-i-said-why-and-i-don-t-do-controversial/) M.I.A > [You have to constantly redefine who you are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-i-a/you-have-to-constantly-redefine-who-you-are/) M.I.A > [That's what I miss, being a real human.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-i-a/that-s-what-i-miss-being-a-real-human/) M.I.A > [Retirement: a brand new beginning! How wonderful!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-i-a/retirement-a-brand-new-beginning-how-wonderful/) M.I.A > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-i-a/i-don-t-like-the-idea-of-spirituality-done-the-way-it-s-done-the-only/) M.I.A > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-i-a/i-felt-pissed-off-because-i-realized-that-you-have-to-teach-people-in/) M.I.A > [The first 10 years of my life, I lived as 'Matangi.' When I came to England in '86, my first week of school was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-i-a/the-first-10-years-of-my-life-i-lived-as-matangi-when-i-came-to/) M.I.A > [My uncle was the first brown person to have a market stall on Petticoat Lane in the 1960s. He worked his way up from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-i-a/my-uncle-was-the-first-brown-person-to-have-a-market-stall-on/) M.I.A > [That divide between the rich and poor is so crazy, because even white kids are suffering now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-i-a/that-divide-between-the-rich-and-poor-is-so-crazy-because-even-white/) M.I.A > [Businessmen in society are not going to be the ones that promote anything outside of money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-i-a/businessmen-in-society-are-not-going-to-be-the-ones-that-promote/) M.I.A > [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-i-a/that-s-what-new-york-is-like-you-can-t-have-real-art-happen-in-an/) M.I.A > [I feel like a mirror reflecting back everyones perception of me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-i-a/i-feel-like-a-mirror-reflecting-back-everyones-perception-of-me/) M.I.A > [In England right now you're not good enough until you get validated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-i-a/in-england-right-now-you-re-not-good-enough-until-you-get-validated/) M.I.A > [I'm still working out my opinions - it's always a question mark. I leave loads of space open, and people don't like that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-i-a/i-m-still-working-out-my-opinions-it-s-always-a-question-mark-i-leave/) M.I.A > [Basically, when I went to school in Sri Lanka from age five onward, the classes there were sometimes sorted into a hierarchy of your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-i-a/basically-when-i-went-to-school-in-sri-lanka-from-age-five-onward-the/) M.I.A ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/m-i-a/#itemlist", "name": "12 Song Quotes By M.I.A", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I already feel that I am making a political statement by sticking around in music, when I am doing it so differently to everyone else.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "M.I.A" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-i-a/i-already-feel-that-i-am-making-a-political-statement-by-sticking/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b75/m-i-a-3418_feels_i-already-feel-that-i-am-making-a-politi_1614378.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b75/m-i-a-3418_feels_i-already-feel-that-i-am-making-a-politi_1614378.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b75/m-i-a-3418_feels_i-already-feel-that-i-am-making-a-politi_1614378.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I already feel that I am making a political statement by sticking around in music, when I am doing it so…” — M.I.A", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When I started off in England, HMV or Tower Records would come to meetings and be, like, 'We just don't know what this genre is.' 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