- Desires
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Arab world is mediatised in a way that gives too much space to these people - puritans, extremists, whatever you want to call them. There are a lot more people like me in the Middle East than you might think.
- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I read the Koran or hear it read, the images and the poetry, the sound of the language is very inspiring.
- Positive
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are many positive values that come with a Muslim upbringing. But when religion becomes about rules and hierarchies, when it starts to feel like a prison, I'm not interested.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
Collaborating with other artists is an emotional thing. Obviously, you don't do it unless this person inspires you.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
Without freedom and without humor, our cultures can't have a healthy evolution.
- Nov 07, 2020
Singing is a very sensual activity! You engage in it with all your senses and your heart.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't believe that there is a separation between art and political consciousness.
- Interesting
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went from the most underground band in the world to signing with Madonna's producer and a record label that is extremely mainstream - it was interesting.
- Ideas
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to pursue my own thing - I had desires, ideas I wanted to accomplish, and I needed to be on my own for that.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I set the bar very high. I'm very tough on myself.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always had a sense that I am doing something very important, something vital.
- Brilliant
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad was a brilliant civil engineer. My parents later divorced, but we lived in Abu Dhabi, Greece, Kuwait.
- Civil War
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born in the middle of Lebanon's civil war.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was raised by strong women, and the role models I had in music and cinema were strong, too - liberated and provocative.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's complicated for my music to be accepted, even in Lebanon and the Arabic world - I sing in Arabic, but there's no lute, no classical instruments. Maybe with the Internet opening things up, things will change.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When the public doesn't understand me, it's a battle. So when I choose words, I choose them for their musicality, rhythm, and sense, and I choose the right dialect to express that.
- How
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I started, I didn't know how to sing in Arabic - it's a very complex and sophisticated music full of codes and modes and quarter-tones.
- Crisis
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always had this crisis: where do I come from? I was never an insider, never an outsider; I was always in the middle. But it means I never have borders in my head.
- Nov 07, 2020
With Soapkills, we were lucky. We started at a time of transition where things were not ready, nothing was available.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Maybe I was blessed that my main drive was purely selfish. I needed to make something, make my life better, wider, have poetry in my life, have something that gives me hope on an everyday basis. That was my main drive all along, really.
- Nov 07, 2020