Identity

“Brooklyn is in my head and in my heart.”

“Yeah, I'm a maverick. Always have been.”

“Being Canadian has been a psychological barrier.”

“I want to be called a writer before anything else, before an actor, before a comedian.”

“My name is Gauhar Jan!”

“I live in the world. I don’t consider myself French, Spanish, or American, you know? That doesn’t interest me.”

“I was born to be an artist, painting from as far as I could remember.”

“To me, sword is a kind of locus on which thoughts are projected. It's a projection of a person's spirit.”

“It’s always a disguise of a sort and it’s always a revelation of a sort.”

“My music is essentially a trajectory of my life and my personal and professional growth.”

“I am who I am because somebody loved me, somebody cared for me, and somebody attended to me.”

“美空ひばりには神様がいる。でも本名の、加藤和枝には神様がいないの”

“بوکس خانه اول و آخر من است و با بوکس زندگی می‌کنم.”

“I am who I am today because I have the heart of a teacher. I may have quit my teaching job but I’ve never quit being a teacher.”

“Dans l’identité de la France, Paris est à la fois une mémoire et une espérance.”

“For your own sakes, never appear ashamed that your father was a kaffir (Black man), and that you inherited African blood. It is every bit as good as that which flows in the veins of my fairer brethren.”

“If I really want to break out of the Chinese community, I'll do it with Chinese music.”

“Adisomad itu saya rasa sebuah nama yang universal.”