Quotes About Culture

I actually speak fluent English and Spanish and... I dabble in a couple of languages, but I'm not fluent in German, Russian and Arabic.

I would love to be able to speak my own language and maybe have an interview in Irish, maybe after my fights.

My accent was horrible. In Mexico, nobody says, 'You speak English with a good accent.' You either speak English, or you don't: As long as you can communicate, no one cares.

I kick myself that I don't speak Irish. Ah, man, I'd love to. I am going to learn.

I was born in Spain, I know the culture there, and lived most of my life there, but I have Malian origins too. For me it's a beautiful thing that I can have both. I can be in both countries, speak the language, blend in in two cultures.

I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.

I was born in Brooklyn and raised in Pittsburgh. I've never been to Iran, I don't speak the language, and, probably most important of all, my Iranian father left home when I was nine months old. That's the extent of my connection to Iran.

England is very interested as well, and other countries if I could speak the languages!

I love English, though I now call it 'Anglo- American' because we no longer speak British English due to globalization and America's economic power.

I so want to be able to speak another language. I love the way my friends who are half Italian and half English break from one language into another without even pausing.

It's hard when you're not a native speaker, because everyone's laughing, and you're like, 'What was that? Can you tell me again?'

A good sound and speaker system is essential to blare Bollywood numbers.

Our language is the reflection of ourselves. A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers.

I had grandparents who were native Irish speakers, and also, two of the four grandparents were illiterate.

All the English speakers, or almost all, have difficulties with the gender of words.

I want to take it really far in Spanish; even non-Spanish speakers listen to my music across the world. Even though they don't know what I'm saying, they really feel it. We want to take it to another level and keep building our name. We want to take it really far just in Spanish.

When I do Gaelic music, I've learned about Gaelic culture; I've tried to learn the language. Whenever I do mouth music and there's Gaelic speakers in the audience, and they come up and go, 'Good job,' I'm always like, 'Phew.'

I don't profess to be a political rapper, like groups such as 'Dead Prez' or 'Public Enemy', but I think social commentary should make its way into your music. Speaking on your neighbourhood is social commentary - what happens, what's going on.

Speaking two languages fluently makes each language not so important.

I don't think the elite class is only speaking the good English.

I come from Brazil, which is a Portuguese speaking part of the continent.

A lot of what used to be known as gay culture - broadly speaking, homoeroticism and being camp - has been brought into mainstream culture. I think we should be moving to an era where it's just sex.

An Englishman's way of speaking absolutely classifies him.

People come from around the world and can understand each other without even speaking the same languages!