Predominantly in the West, if you can only have creative voices that are either black or white, I'm going to say whatever the f - k I want, because no one's going before you, and if no one's coming after you, I'm just going to be the freakiest of all freaks!

Everything I think seems to be controversial, so I feel like I need to just go away for a second and put it all down on paper until the storm passes.

When I first came out, I was a film student and my mom sewed clothes. I was already doing a million things then, whatever it took to survive. If I had to braid someone's hair to get one pound for my lunch money, that's what I did. But I did it in the most creative way possible.

If music's a political place, I'm out.

I dont support terrorism and never have. As a Sri Lankan that fled war and bombings, my music is the voice of the civilian refugee.

With homogenized culture, even if you feel frustrated, you'd have to write a Taylor Swift song to get heard.

The music industry is so tied up politically. They're afraid they might let other voices in.