Quotes About Diversity

People listen to music the way they want to listen to music.

Being a black artist, the first thing people want to talk about is your blackness, the importance of your blackness and your black presence.

I don't think people give Indian society enough credit. We may not like to talk much about things but we do, basically, want to live and let live.

I feel like as you get older, the roles you get change, and you don't always want to do the same tone over and over again.

Occasionally there are people who are not like me, and I forget that they're more introverted or shy, or just don't want to make a decision so quickly.

Nobody wants to be called common people, especially common people.

People tend to believe that I want to make soul music, which is not entirely untrue but, really, I want to be like the black Tom Waits - I don't want to make one kind of sound.

I just like to explore all sorts of different forms - no, 'explore' is not even the word - enjoy. You don't want to limit yourself to a particular form.

Some people don't listen to my music because they say that I am an artist. And some don't want to go to my gallery shows, because they say I am a musician.

You could split hairs and bring up words like 'doo-wop' and terms like 'soul' or 'R&B', but I think pop music is what you want it to be - that's why it's pop.

I always talk about my ambition with music, and it's to sort of seduce people into listening to sounds they wouldn't normally listen to or want to hear.

The idea of playing a character for even two years, to me feels claustrophobic - only because I want to play a lot of different people.

There's the continuing challenges of racism, of sexism, of discrimination against the LGBT community, of the way that we treat people as opposed to how we want to be treated.

I'd like to believe there are people who are good, I know there are good Christians and good people from every faith who just want what's best for humanity.

If something like one in nine Londoners is a Muslim, then I want one in nine police officers to be a Muslim. Which means we are currently about 2,000 short.

I couldn't only do one thing--I don't want the personal hell of oneness.

It's always hard to talk about the culture that you are from, especially with Islam, it is a very sensitive subject and I don't want to be seen to be adding to the problems of Islam and the west.

We provide many options in many product areas that they seem to want to adopt, and that's working well for us.

All of us black comedians are trying to be mainstream, but you don't want to lose the edge.

Accessible music is much harder. I could throw out the other kind of albums with my eyes closed. I wouldn't belittle those who want to do the Tricky thing, but it does make me wonder sometimes.

I encourage people to read by encouraging them to read whatever they want.

There's no Asian [vocalist] that's huge out there. So I want to do that. I want to break that mold.

Producers and studios want to make movies that are more appealing internationally and I think that you have to use your different cultures as an advantage to be able to make those movies.

People want to say there isn't racial profiling at the airport, but let's be honest. If you first name is Mohammed, and your last name isn't Ali, leave a little extra time.