Deeyah Khan Quotes

I just think people should be able to express themselves.

Art is where we make a stand. If we don't make it there, freedom of expression is lost for everyone - for artists, for journalists, and for everyday people.

Art is freedom. If you defend art, you defend freedom.

It's important for everyone to just be able to express themselves in whatever way.

Art is the great democrat, calling forth creative genius from every sector of society, disregarding race or religion or wealth or color

Tolerance is carved into the rostrum of the U.S. House of Representatives and intolerance should not be carved into the U.S. Constitution.

Art is for everybody.

I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few.

One of the things I really love about restaurants is that in many ways, they are the ultimate democratic institutions, where you get to walk in the door, plunk down your money, and for however long that you're there, you can be anyone you want to be.

Art is maybe a subversive activity. There is a certain rebellion when you are an artist at heart, even if only in the art of living.

No, I don't believe in genius. I believe in freedom. I think anyone can do it. Anyone can be like Rembrandt.

The work of art is a scream of freedom.

I always had that sense of being censored for the things that I thought. Why is it wrong to embroider your pants, or paint with acrylics on your clothing? Why is that weird? Isn't it weirder to want to be like everyone else?

Democracy is liberty - a liberty which does not infringe on the liberty nor encroach on the rights of others; a liberty which maintains strict discipline, and makes law its guarantee and the basis of its exercise. This alone is true liberty; this alone can produce true democracy.

For me, the great thing about music is that anybody can do it.

The great thing about this thing we call art is that it has no rules.

The greatness of this country lies in how every single person can exercise their right to be himself or herself.

It is easy for people to say 'Go and express yourselves' but you need the players, talent, confidence and environment to do it.

Express yourself in any way possible.

If you've got the chance to really speak your mind and do what you feel and express yourself how you want, then this is freedom. Drag is freedom.

My job is to express myself.

Poetry always, always, always is a key piece of democracy.

New York is the opposite of East Germany, the crown of individuality. That's why I can work well here and find out what I personally think of the pieces I'm learning. I can lay aside all the baggage of German education. In any case, whatever I do, I can't lose it altogether.

Music is one way of expressing yourself, and fashion is another.

I try to make things that are not elitist.