Inspirational Quotes
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Cultural Diversity Quotes
Cultural DiversityGlobal PerspectiveGrowthHeritageIdentity I was born in France. I grew up in Africa.
CreativityCultural DiversityGenre BlendingMusic CollaborationSmall Communities Iceland is so small; classical musicians play on pop projects and pop musicians play with jazz musicians.
Cultural DiversityIdentityIndividualityLanguageRegional Pride You can be a little ungrammatical if you come from the right part of the country.
Cultural DiversityExposure to IdeasGlobal ViewpointsInterpretationPerspective India is a reservoir of alternative interpretations of what the global is, and these ways of viewing the world need to be exposed.
CommunityCultural DiversityHeritageIdentityMigration We do not only have a Turkish side, inherited from our parents and our families, we were born and raised in Gelsenkirchen. It is a city with a high percentage of emigrants.
Cultural DiversityEducationGlobal PerspectiveTravel Experience I've lived all over Europe, spent a lot of time in London, went to school in Scotland, college in America, so I do think I have sort of a sensibility on a fairly global level.
Breaking BoundariesCultural DiversityFreedomIdentitySelf-Expression At the end of the day, what are genres? I've spent my whole life trying to fit into some sort of box. Am I a classical musician, a jazz musician? Am I Icelandic? Am I Chinese? Am I American? I've never been able to fit into a box. So I'm trying to distance myself from that. I think that's quite old-fashioned.