Quotes About Culture

I would like to make work for my country, art which is innately Kenyan by being made in Kenya.

I'm very much a person that believes that there's something that was introduced into Kenya and Africa as we know it that has made us despise our bodies.

I grew up in Nairobi, which is the capital of Kenya, so it's hustle and bustle, and there's always something going on.

My mom went through civil rights; my dad went through civil rights. My name was Kenya because they wanted to give me an African name.

My parents kept the best aspects of the Asian culture, and they Americanized the family. My mother was a great example for me. She was a working mother with a good career.

Everyone else in the world still thinks of American food as ketchup.

Every age has a keyhole to which its eye is pasted.

Classical music gives musicians a kick. But African music gives everyone a kick.

I got a real kick when a series was set in the court of Kublai Khan or in Nero's Rome.

I have a massive head of hair: it's a Jew 'fro. It's living and kicking.

You don't see very many Irish-Cypriot pop-up restaurants kicking about!

I didn't go to the cinemas a lot as a kid.

When I first came to this country I was this new kid from the Caribbean. England was a rude awakening for me.

Listen, I'm not a rich kid. I'm a cultured kid; I'm very rich in culture.

I was just a kid in love with hip hop music. I love music. I love the culture. I wanted to be a part of it in any way.

You know, you've got to be careful with how you educate your kids in rock'n'roll fashion.

Kim's' is one of the most unique shows to hit the air, with its focus on individual and communal growth, family, and most importantly: immigrant culture.

I'm influenced by a lot of filmmakers; I like English filmmakers because I feel a kin to them.

I grew up in an all-black neighbourhood in Decatur, Georgia - a kinda lower-middle-class area.

The beautiful thing about it is that 'Despacito' is not really an English crossover. It was just another song that the world made a crossover. I didn't really push it; it just kinda went there.

I was 15 years old in 1972, and yeah, when the 1970s broke, I was out there. Everything was kinda swirling around me - the music, women, cars, the culture.

I kinda started watching wrestling through Lucha Libre because my grandmother was always watching Lucha Libre.

Just because something's kinda indie and whatever and only a few people know it, it doesn't give it more authenticity over Rihanna's 'Work' work work.

I think life is a little more basic here in Australia. There aren't so many distractions. People seem to feel they can be kinder with each other here, I think, to a greater extent than in the States.