--- title: "3 Mari Boine Quotes - Famous Singer" description: "Northern Sámi singer from Norway (born 1956)... | Mari Boine is a Norwegian Sámi singer. She combined a form of Sámi joik singing with rock. In 2008, sh..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de9/mari-boine-83768_80s_i-started-in-the-late-70s-beginning-of-t_374343.jpg" --- # Mari Boine (1956) Singer **3** quotes in **44** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Mari Boine is a singer. ## Quick Facts About Mari Boine Born November 8, 1956 Profession Singer ## About Mari Boine Northern Sámi singer from Norway (born 1956)... \| Mari Boine is a Norwegian Sámi singer. She combined a form of Sámi joik singing with rock. In 2008, she became a professor of musicology at Nesna University College. ## Quotes by Mari Boine > [I started in the late 70s, beginning of the 80s, and I think I started to sing and make music as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mari-boine/i-started-in-the-late-70s-beginning-of-the-80s-and-i-think-i-started/) [Mari Boine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mari-boine/) [80s](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/zz-80s-1090/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de9/mari-boine-83768_80s_i-started-in-the-late-70s-beginning-of-t_374343.jpg) > [I think I realised, at teachers' training school, that I felt that the culture that I came from, the Sámi culture, was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mari-boine/i-think-i-realised-at-teachers-training-school-that-i-felt-that-the/) [Mari Boine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mari-boine/) [Asks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69d/mari-boine-83768_asks_i-think-i-realised-at-teachers-training_597699.jpg) > [I always wanted to sing, I always loved to sing. As a child I was singing all the time, and my parents…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mari-boine/i-always-wanted-to-sing-i-always-loved-to-sing-as-a-child-i-was/) [Mari Boine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mari-boine/) [Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3a/mari-boine-83768_children_i-always-wanted-to-sing-i-always-loved-t_973051.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mari-boine/#itemlist", "name": "Mari Boine Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I started in the late 70s, beginning of the 80s, and I think I started to sing and make music as a therapy for myself; I never planned to be an artist; sometimes when I think about it it's crazy that I'm here, and I'm touring, and I'm doing what I'm doing.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mari Boine" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mari-boine/i-started-in-the-late-70s-beginning-of-the-80s-and-i-think-i-started/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de9/mari-boine-83768_80s_i-started-in-the-late-70s-beginning-of-t_374343.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de9/mari-boine-83768_80s_i-started-in-the-late-70s-beginning-of-t_374343.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de9/mari-boine-83768_80s_i-started-in-the-late-70s-beginning-of-t_374343.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I started in the late 70s, beginning of the 80s, and I think I started to sing and make music as a therapy…” — Mari Boine", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think I realised, at teachers' training school, that I felt that the culture that I came from, the Sámi culture, was not good enough, so I wanted to be Norwegian or European, I wanted to forget the culture. 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