I think when something becomes a comfortable genre, it's against what street art stood for in the beginning - breaking out of genres and taking art out of galleries. Now street art is in the gallery, and it's all made up into a nice, packaged concept.
M.I.A.I'm still working out my opinions - it's always a question mark. I leave loads of space open, and people don't like that.
M.I.A.Before the Greeks were the Tamils. The Tamils are one of the oldest civilizations thats still surviving.
M.I.A.I already feel that I am making a political statement by sticking around in music, when I am doing it so differently to everyone else.
M.I.A.I get called "ISIS" now. Why don't we have a name-and-shame weapons dealership website? Instead, we're like, "Oh my God, are you really talking about the refugees again, making yourself into a caricature?" And it's like, "Until you stop the person in your country who's making billions of dollars from selling weapons, yeah, I have to talk about refugees." Whatever I say will get twisted or messed with.
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