68 Quotes by Yasmine Hamdan

I think our societies - to certain extent, of course, and to different degrees, but almost with no exception - have always been struggling to come to terms with archaic traditions.

When I imagine feminine characters in my songs, they're often bold, strong, passionate, militant, witty, sensual, dangerous. I see those characters as skillful witnesses, figures of change and awakening.

Music liberated me.

Women are a minority the same way gay people are.

When I started doing music, it was out of despair and boredom. I got passionate about it, and I felt that it allowed me to become somebody: an artist who explores her different identities.

I was born in the middle of Lebanon's civil war.

I had an Arabic background. but I lived a very scattered childhood. I didn't belong to any one culture, which meant I didn't have musical geographies in my head.

I have a sense of mission in a way. I've always worked on being free, as a woman and as an artist.

I've always had a sense that I am doing something very important, something vital.