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" 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. "

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" As an artist, you need to be true to yourself and free and not put yourself in a box that contradicts with what you feel is needed for a song. "

Yasmine Hamdan

You

Yourself

True

" When I imagine feminine characters in my songs, they're often bold, strong, passionate, militant, witty, sensual, dangerous. I see those characters as skillful witnesses, figures of change and awakening. "

" I am interested in exploring encounters where worlds meet and not where they separate. "

" If you have a drummer who alternates between fast and slow drumming, it can negatively affect the music. "

" 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. "

" I met Jim Jarmusch when I started recording my album 'Ya Nass.' He was writing the script for 'Only Lovers Left Alive.' Jarmusch was always a great inspiration to me, way before meeting him. Working with him was fantastic. "

" 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. "

" I'm Muslim but not really. My family did not care. And I always managed to skip religion classes when I was living in the Gulf, even when they were obligatory. "

" I'm inspired by many artists whose language I don't understand. "

" There is something spiritual about art that connects us with ourselves and with others; it's really about coming together and creating bridges. "

Yasmine Hamdan

Bridges

Together

" Women are a minority the same way gay people are. "

" My father is an engineer, and my mother raised the three children. "

" My dad was a brilliant civil engineer. My parents later divorced, but we lived in Abu Dhabi, Greece, Kuwait. "

" I set the bar very high. I'm very tough on myself. "

" The Arabic music I listen to is extremely edgy. Ironic, sarcastic, sensual, erotic. "

" World music can be sometimes like the lumber room in which all the non-English singers are dumped. When you are singing in Arabic, no matter what your style of music or artistic proposition is, you are faced with some of that reality. "

" With Soapkills, we were lucky. We started at a time of transition where things were not ready, nothing was available. "

" Without freedom and without humor, our cultures can't have a healthy evolution. "

" For me, a taxi is like a public space because so many people get in that space. "

Yasmine Hamdan

Because

" Egyptians are quite incredible people. They have everything: the culture, the music, the scenes. So much of Arab music and art started there. "

" We all have femininity in us. "

Yasmine Hamdan

Femininity

" Collaborating with other artists is an emotional thing. Obviously, you don't do it unless this person inspires you. "

" I don't believe that there is a separation between art and political consciousness. "

" I was born in the middle of Lebanon's civil war. "

" Singing is a very sensual activity! You engage in it with all your senses and your heart. "

" Music liberated me. "

Yasmine Hamdan

Music

Liberated

" All of the Arabic women I grew up listening to or watching had a very strong character. "

Yasmine Hamdan

Character

Women

" I'm bored, normally, when I travel. "

" 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. "

" 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. "