I still think you people need to be curious [in order to absorb the culture]. You need to search Uzbekistani pop music.

If you've ever seen album covers for Arab female pop stars, it looks like the designer was paid five dollars to make them, and the extreme femaleness is astounding.

I feel like there is an emphasis against teaching geography in American schools. Americans don't say, "I'm going to Germany." They say, "I'm going to Europe."

I still think you people need to be curious [in order to absorb the culture]. You need to search Uzbekistani pop music.

I had a story-telling mother; she's written novels and short stories. So I feel like maybe I'm staying alive by telling tales.

The vast majority of women musicians function under singular names like 'Cher' 'Madonna'. They have to get married almost immediately to preserve their honour.

I was one of five out of 100 people who passed the test, which just proved to me how little Americans are taught geography.