Ayshay Quotes

#1. I've never been to China. I only know what the West is telling me about China.

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#2. The first question [American college kids] asked me was, 'What state is Kuwait in?' They thought Kuwait was in America.

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

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#4. 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."

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#5. There is a congratulatory culture in the Gulf. From birth onwards, there is a culture of giving people trophies as markers of achievement for making it through society. It's cementing allegiance to authority at a very young age.

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#6. There are very few pop people I'm interested in working with.

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

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#8. 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.

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#9. I only have a Bachelor's Degree but I've had professors who have instilled this kind of academic rigor in me where I don't make any generalizations or closed statements. There always has to be room for interpretation.

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#10. I feel like I got my first real taste of Caribbean and Cuban culture while I was there. I have quite a sizeable Cuban vinyl collection from Miami thrift stores.

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#11. My music doesn't exist in a vacuum; there's a script and there's an actor and it's about to come together.

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#12. When I work on music, I never think about vocalists. They're the last person I'm making music for.

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#13. I'm sure that a lot of my friends - even though they're curious about the music of nations that are not on their radar - still don't know what Kuwaiti music sounds like.

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