Quotes About Community

All the time, there was the weight of my community's expectations on my shoulders.

I walk down the street; the garbagemen will shout at me, and we'll talk. That's a pleasure when people feel, 'If he can do it, I can, too.'

It's amazing when you go back home now, when you remember how you were before. You go back home and all those people are calling your name, shouting. I get mobbed by the kids. They want to see you, want to know you.

Activism doesn't always mean laying in the streets and getting arrested and shouting 'hell no, we won't go' at the top of your lungs.

I want to show people that environmentalism can be fun!

I feel like it's really important to support people who are coming up and really talented, who need someone to show people that they're cool and talented and doing something different. And I can help do that. It's cool.

I can't help but care about the rights of the people I used to shower with.

I love the affection that people in Gujarat shower artists with.

Actually all artists love Gujarat because Gujaratis shower respect and a lot of love on them.

The scene in the DMV now is very united. I don't know if it's for everybody but everybody is showing love, everybody is showing support. Everybody is just trying to make a name for themselves and they are willing to help other people. Everybody is willing to network and do things with people outside of who they know.

Showing up in the lives of children is everything.

I cannot believe how much love people have shown me.

North Carolinians have shown we know how to lift one another up.

When people see shows like 'Antakshari' or 'Sa Re Ga Ma Pa' they are encouraged to take part in such shows.

I always like things that shrink the world for me, that make me feel a strange connection, not just to the person that I'm listening to but to the world.

The She Rocks Awards does so much for women in music, and I'm excited to be a part of it.

India has an enormous amount of AIDS awareness.

I'm talking to friends so we can do something to create awareness to try to help children in Africa.

I want to raise awareness about evils perpetuated on American citizens by other American citizens.

It is my duty to bring awareness to people in need.

When fans say 'Bala,' that's cultural awareness to me. I hope I've helped open up their world a little.

I have a loving family and awesome friends.

I don't go out - ever. I'm lucky enough to have awesome friends, and we always end up at someone's house. We're big house-party guys.

The only way to do everything in your life is to find awesome people to lean on so you can focus your time.