Quotes About Culture

We want artists to stay in London. It's very important culturally and economically, but there are lots of challenges in terms of finding space.

I lived in London, went to the London School of Economics, do a lot of business in London, and have a lot of fun in London.

Being biracial and being around my White family, I have to educate them.

A lot of times, jazz musicians try to educate people. What other genre does that?

I write in English because I was raised in the States and educated in this language.

There is a difference between being educated and academics.

'Squidbillies' is pretty educational.

I hate the word educational! I mean, 'Downton Abbey' is educational in that you come away from it knowing so much more about that period than when the show started, but you don't come away thinking it was educational.

Icelanders love to speak English. Their English is a joy to hear because of how colloquial and idiomatic it is, but they appreciate your efforts with Icelandic.

I don't like eggs because I couldn't get used to it after not growing up with them.

I'm not one to get a big ego - I think it's an Aussie thing, I just laugh.

My family lived in Egypt from 1993 to 1996.

Mohamed Salah, well if you go to Egypt he is a god there.

Girls have always wanted to be pretty, even in Egyptian times. Cleopatra wore all that eyeliner, you know.

Growing up, my parents were very much about the Egyptian culture. They never really wanted to assimilate in American culture.

White people don't seem to have many Elders. They do have a lot of oldsters.

It's less about Trump and more about the people... If the American people are willing to elect someone like that president, then that's more of a problem.

The elegance of a sari or the flirtiness of a lehenga is matchless.

There's a TV element to everything in my eyes.

I think there's a spiritual element to dancing in general. There's a reason why in every culture, dancing seems to be in our DNA.

I listen to many forms of music. And I come from a very particular style and tradition of music, which has certain elements that are absolutely unique and, therefore, important to the world.

Asian elephants have always worked with people and they like company.

Drag Race' is a huge opportunity for us to elevate drag culture, to tell our stories. It really is a career-maker.

To be sure, many cultural elite pastimes are easily mocked and annoying.