Quotes About Culture

In other countries, being from somewhere else is celebrated. But not in America.

If New York has just become a mall for the world, then what's the difference between being here and somewhere else?

In Australia, I grew up watching 'The Mickey Mouse Club,' my son grew up watching 'Sesame Street,' my grandson's growing up watching 'Dora The Explorer.' So we are sort of saturated with American culture from the day we're born, and to those of those who do have an ear for it, it's second nature.

I think what I came through is great, but my son can take it to another level, not having to fight racism. His mother's a Norwegian and I'm mixed up four or five times, so he can face the world.

If your last name is Christ, don't name your son Jesus.

I'm convinced that Sanford and Son shows middle-class America a lot of what they need to know.

I was born on September, 20, 1948, to Nanabhai Bhatt, a Hindu, and Shirin Mohammed Ali, a Muslim. I was born after three daughters and followed by a daughter and son.

The great thing about being the son of Maya Angelou is that I had the good fortune to grow up around some of the greatest black artists, dancers, singers, musicians, and actors of our time.

Sondheim is New York.

All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song.

The song, 'Life is Better,' is about hip-hop. It's about my love for hip-hop. And, you know, I go through all the artists from the beginning to the end, you know. And, well, not to the end, but since the beginning to now, you know.

When I perform in another country. The local people there sing along to my song in Korean.

No nation has a single history, no people a single song.

Music does not have colour or religion. If I listen to a song, I don't care about the colour, religion, or country of the singer. It doesn't matter, even if it is in another language, because I love the music.

Stony Skunk, when they were with our company, had a song which I personally like called 'Red Light District.'

By the time one song gains popularity, another one is introduced.

Lyrics are important, but it's hard, because English isn't my first language - although it feels like it is these days! I grew up with amazing melodies, so getting that right on a song has always been the key thing for me, but there's no reason why a great melody doesn't deserve great lyrics.

I feel there is a song for every occasion, and India is a land full of music.

When pop culture can influence things in any way, when a song becomes something bigger than just a song, that's the greatest thing to me.

I love song and dance films in Bollywood.

'Basmati Blues' deals with a great social issue, GMOs, but it's told through love and song and dance.

The kind of films I do and I've done don't have song and dance sequences.

I want to do masala movies. I love the Bollywood films that we are known for. I love the whole song and dance act.

The moment any film has song and dance sequences - where any time any character can start singing and dancing without any explanation - it can turn into a senseless film.