Belong Quote by Yasmine Hamdan

Going back and forth between Western Arabic and African countries clearly created the various musical backgrounds I could have and obviously influenced my professional…

— Rokia Traore

I was bred and raised in a multi-cultural music background.

— Coco Lee

The Arabic world was very interesting in the 1920s to '60s: there was something booming culturally, and I found my culture very desirable when…

— Yasmine Hamdan

My childhood was filled with music and singing and a passion for traditional Yemenite songs, picked up from my mother.

— Ofra Haza

I'm of Arab background.

— Helen Thomas

I grew up speaking Arabic at home.

— Mena Massoud

I don't relate to what is seen as 'Arab culture.' I relate to what I explore myself, what is around me.

— Yasmine Hamdan

Ironically, for a few million people in the Far East, I did become an English teacher through my music.

— Pat Boone

As a kid, before I got into music, I did all the drama classes, went to theater camp in the summers, so it wasn't…

— Carrie Brownstein

Growing up, my grandmother did not want worldly music in the house. Then when I went out to California, I started listening to Spanish…

— Maya Angelou

Unfortunately, in my home, we didn't speak Arabic; it was a mixed culture. My mother played a dominant role in our educational upbringing, and…

— Said Musa

I've got Arabic music in my blood.

— Stewart Copeland