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I remember taking my demo to every dance person in London. People were like, 'We don't know what this is!' The first people to champion... →
I'm just so grateful for the 10 years that I had in Sri Lanka when it was in the middle of a war and I was getting shot at, because now and again... →
In 2004, I went onstage for the first time. They put a mike in my hand and pushed me out the door into the crowd. I did the three songs I had... →
It's a bit weird, because I don't really know what people expect or think being political is; I just don't get it. What am I supposed to... →
Sri Lanka is an island off the coast of India. There's two ethnicities there; one the Sinhalese, which is the majority and the government, and... →
Manhattan seems pretty developed, you know what I mean? Like, it has peaked in culture.
As an artist, you want to play around with mediums and see if you can get the point across in different way.
I don't consider myself a musician. I'm an artist.
I don't think immigrants are that threatening to society at all. They're just happy they've survived some war somewhere.
I have no ties to my dad. I had no communications with him; it didn't shape who I am or anything like that. I'm actually a product of my mom.
I never pigeonhole myself into any religion, but I feel it has found me. I am trying to make sense of it... the essence of the Mathangi concept.
My father had no influence on my political beliefs, and to imply otherwise is wrong and irresponsible.
Basically, when I went to school in Sri Lanka from age five onward, the classes there were sometimes sorted into a hierarchy of your skin tone. So... →
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