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When I came to England in '86,...

When I came to England in '86, my first week of school was terrible because I would put my hand up to answer things, and no one would choose me because they couldn't say my name.

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I named my first album after m...

I named my first album after my dad because I wanted to find him. My second album was named after my mom because I felt like I learned all my creative talents I learned from her.

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I've documented a lot of thing...

I've documented a lot of things myself as a filmmaker. If you want a rockumentary, that's in there.

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Everyone has that moment where...

Everyone has that moment where they just rebel.

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The music industry was invente...

The music industry was invented, like, 100 years ago. I'm talking about the goddess Matangi, who invented music 5,000 years ago. She was the only thing that inspired me.

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You have to constantly redefin...

You have to constantly redefine who you are.

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I just think that funerals are...

I just think that funerals are a lot like death itself. You can have your wishes, your plans, but at the end of the day, it's out of your control.

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Uncomfortable silences. Why do...

Uncomfortable silences. Why do we feel it's necessary to yak about bullshit in order to be comfortable?

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Besides, isn't it more excitin...

Besides, isn't it more exciting when you don't have permission?

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Here we are at the edge of the...

Here we are at the edge of the world, the very edge of Western civilization, and all of us are so desperate to feel something, anything, that we keep falling into each other and f*****g our way toward the end of days.

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Rage and grief are savage comp...

Rage and grief are savage companions, but despair is the final undoing.

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I feel like a mirror reflectin...

I feel like a mirror reflecting back everyones perception of me.

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Nike is the uniform for kids a...

Nike is the uniform for kids all over the world, and African design has been killed by Nike. Africans no longer want to wear their own designs.

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My uncle was the first brown p...

My uncle was the first brown person to have a market stall on Petticoat Lane in the 1960s. He worked his way up from the street. He was homeless, but eventually he got a car so he could sell from the boot. And by the 1980s, he was a millionaire wholesaling to companies like Topshop. So in a way, fashion put me in England.

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I dont like the idea of spirit...

I dont like the idea of spirituality done the way its done. The only way I could understand it was through creativity, not by going to an Ashram, or finding a guru or joining a temple. I made work out of it.

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I dont support terrorism and n...

I dont support terrorism and never have. As a Sri Lankan that fled war and bombings, my music is the voice of the civilian refugee.

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Before the Greeks were the Tam...

Before the Greeks were the Tamils. The Tamils are one of the oldest civilizations thats still surviving.

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I already feel that I am makin...

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.

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I fly like paper, get high lik...

I fly like paper, get high like planes
If you catch me at the border, I got visas in my name

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Confidence takes constant nurt...

Confidence takes constant nurturing, like a bed, it must be remade every day.

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