--- title: "13 Thinking Quotes By M.I.A" description: "13 Thinking quotes by M.I.A. Plus more from M.I.A and more Thinking sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d10/m-i-a-3418_boring_if-it-s-just-politics-that-s-running-mus_1451772.jpg" --- > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-i-a/if-it-s-just-politics-that-s-running-music-f-k-that-i-m-out-of-here-i/) M.I.A [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d10/m-i-a-3418_boring_if-it-s-just-politics-that-s-running-mus_1451772.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-i-a/there-has-been-an-effect-of-business-rap-on-the-output-of-today-s-rap/) M.I.A [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e68/m-i-a-3418_business_there-has-been-an-effect-of-business-rap_1828565.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) > [Everything I think seems to be controversial, so I feel like I need to just go away for a second and put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-i-a/everything-i-think-seems-to-be-controversial-so-i-feel-like-i-need-to/) M.I.A [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93a/m-i-a-3418_controversial_everything-i-think-seems-to-be-controver_762078.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) > [If you're talking about coexisting and tolerance then you have to live by example, and you can't have shiny people all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-i-a/if-you-re-talking-about-coexisting-and-tolerance-then-you-have-to/) M.I.A [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f0/m-i-a-3418_live-by_if-you-re-talking-about-coexisting-and-t_1966207.jpg) > [The mentality has taken over because of the way we've promoted things. It's been accepted, to live with fear, and to fear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-i-a/the-mentality-has-taken-over-because-of-the-way-we-ve-promoted-things/) M.I.A [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa1/m-i-a-3418_accepted_the-mentality-has-taken-over-because-of_2827391.jpg) > [I think when something becomes a comfortable genre, it's against what street art stood for in the beginning - breaking out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-i-a/i-think-when-something-becomes-a-comfortable-genre-it-s-against-what/) M.I.A [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf2/m-i-a-3418_art_i-think-when-something-becomes-a-comfort_2519878.jpg) > [Somebody told me that if you wake up every day and do stuff that's easy, then you're doing the wrong thing. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-i-a/somebody-told-me-that-if-you-wake-up-every-day-and-do-stuff-that-s/) M.I.A [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba7/m-i-a-3418_doing_somebody-told-me-that-if-you-wake-up-eve_2682404.jpg) > [ Nowadays, \[young musicians\] are so quick to be like, "OK, fine, I'll take the cheque, or I'll get the stamp from XYZ,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-i-a/nowadays-young-musicians-are-so-quick-to-be-like-ok-fine-i-ll-take/) M.I.A [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a6/m-i-a-3418_bigger_nowadays-young-musicians-are-so-quick-to_1829027.jpg) > [I think people were genuinely addicted to hip hop in the 90s, addicted to the idea of empowerment. I think it came…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-i-a/i-think-people-were-genuinely-addicted-to-hip-hop-in-the-90s-addicted/) M.I.A [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/855/m-i-a-3418_empowerment_i-think-people-were-genuinely-addicted-t_1920052.jpg) > [I think I have to expand my creativity a bit, because it's difficult for critics to be, "Oh, this person writes their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-i-a/i-think-i-have-to-expand-my-creativity-a-bit-because-it-s-difficult/) M.I.A [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3f/m-i-a-3418_beats_i-think-i-have-to-expand-my-creativity-a_2204412.jpg) > [People say we're similar with Lady Gaga, that we both mix all these things in the pot and spit them out differently,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-i-a/people-say-we-re-similar-with-lady-gaga-that-we-both-mix-all-these/) M.I.A [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48e/m-i-a-3418_grace_people-say-we-re-similar-with-lady-gaga_365532.jpg) ## Other authors on Thinking - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 447 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/barack-obama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rush-limbaugh-81741.jpg) Rush Limbaugh 440 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/rush-limbaugh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-donald-trump-30060.jpg) Donald Trump 357 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/donald-trump/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-hillary-clinton-42043.jpg) Hillary Clinton 292 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/hillary-clinton/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 243 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/frederick-lenz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-cassandra-clare-21529.jpg) Cassandra Clare 184 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/cassandra-clare/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 161 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 161 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/noam-chomsky/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-albert-einstein-10494.jpg) Albert Einstein 146 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/albert-einstein/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sherrilyn-kenyon-84925.jpg) Sherrilyn Kenyon 143 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/sherrilyn-kenyon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-taylor-swift-89132.jpg) Taylor Swift 137 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/taylor-swift/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-stephen-king-87054.jpg) Stephen King 137 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/stephen-king/) ## 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/thinking/m-i-a/#itemlist", "name": "13 Thinking Quotes By M.I.A", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If it's just politics that's running music, f - k that. I'm out of here! 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Now street art is in the gallery, and it's all made up into a nice, packaged concept.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "M.I.A" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-i-a/i-think-when-something-becomes-a-comfortable-genre-it-s-against-what/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf2/m-i-a-3418_art_i-think-when-something-becomes-a-comfort_2519878.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf2/m-i-a-3418_art_i-think-when-something-becomes-a-comfort_2519878.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf2/m-i-a-3418_art_i-think-when-something-becomes-a-comfort_2519878.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think when something becomes a comfortable genre, it's against what street art stood for in the beginning…” — M.I.A", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Somebody told me that if you wake up every day and do stuff that's easy, then you're doing the wrong thing. If you wake up every day and do stuff that's really hard and you manage to get through to people, then you're doing the right thing. They might have just fooled me by telling me that, but it worked. 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I think it came from [the fact that] the rappers in the 90s, their parents coming from the 70s, had such a rich variety of records to sample.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "M.I.A" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-i-a/i-think-people-were-genuinely-addicted-to-hip-hop-in-the-90s-addicted/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/855/m-i-a-3418_empowerment_i-think-people-were-genuinely-addicted-t_1920052.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/855/m-i-a-3418_empowerment_i-think-people-were-genuinely-addicted-t_1920052.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/855/m-i-a-3418_empowerment_i-think-people-were-genuinely-addicted-t_1920052.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think people were genuinely addicted to hip hop in the 90s, addicted to the idea of empowerment. 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None of her music's reflective of how weird she wants to be or thinks she is. She models herself on Grace Jones and Madonna, but the music sounds like 20-year-old Ibiza music, you know? 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