Quotes About Culture

I always identified myself as non-Swedish. I was never discriminated against, because I looked Swedish and speak without an accent. But I had an outsider's perspective.

People who would go to an arthouse cinema and watch a Swedish movie and read subtitles... it's a small percentage.

The Swedish language combines the strong manhood of the German with the delicate beauty of the Italian.

I speak Swedish mainly with my kids' friends.

I was a Swedish guy who listened to Too Short.

Anybody that's ever been to Israel and to Palestine knows that you can't look at a person and tell if they're Israeli or Palestinian. You can assume. But I've seen Palestinians who look Swedish, and I've seen Israelis who are black.

I think a lot of American fans or people that read about us - they think that we're trying to be a part of the American culture, like all these Swedish kids that love America. We rap in English, so I guess there's something, but we're very Swedish, actually.

It's not lost on me that I'm a Swedish guy from one of the coldest countries in the world.

I'm Swedish. Sweden is known for its melancholia.

You'll see an erosion of rock 'n' roll for sure... if you're playing a mainstream festival, you don't want to be the rock guy when everyone else is talking about Swedish House Mafia.

I have both Swedish and Iranian cultures ingrained in me, so that's always there. Plus my love of the U.S. began early on. But growing up in Sweden as one of the few people of color around was not easy by any means.

I didn't grow up with a musical family. My mom had a lot of CDs in the house, particularly Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, ABBA, all the sort of like diva icons. She's Swedish, so she loves pop music.

Our knowledge of Swedish culture is kind of limited. Bergman was one Swedish thing that we both knew about and were kind of passionate about.

Marseilles, Barcelona, Trieste, Istanbul - each romances the Mediterranean in its own fashion, mostly by embracing the sea in sweeping C-shaped bays that date back to antiquity.

We are glad to be a part of the K-pop boom sweeping Asia and ready to show the music of 2PM to our fans.

Everything you've heard about Canadians apologizing profusely for things they shouldn't be sorry about is absolutely true. It is both sweet, endearing and worrisome at the same time. Having someone apologize for no reason actually makes me feel as though I should apologize for their need to apologize.

Gujaratis are really cute people, and I find Gujarati to be a very sweet language.

You can be hip-hop to the max, but you still know 'Sweet Home Alabama.'

I got recognized more by little sweet Italian fans in six days than I've ever been recognized in L.A. in six years.

From infancy, I have relied on the fiercely sweet spirits of black men; and this is abundantly clear in my work.

Gujarati is a very sweet language and I have always used elements from Gujarati songs in my music.

I don't think you ever think of a big city as sweet or community, but there are cities that I think of as charming and particular and interesting cities. I live in one now, Charleston.

Why don't women have respect for themselves nowadays? What happen to the woman who learned her grandmama's recipes and made her man sweet potato pie? I tell you, they don't make 'em like they used to. Will my real women stand up, please?

My grandfather always told me, 'You know you're American first, but you're a Greek-American, which makes you a better American.' It sounds sort of old-world and very sweet, but what he meant was that you should embrace those things that are most special and different about you.