It's important to be a global citizen at the same time and appreciate different cultures and different people and different ways of life.
I can understand my popularity with the Indian diaspora, but I do get surprised when non-Indians recognise my music.
I can see why the Russians love Robert Burns, I think that Russians and Koreans have a very similar outlook to Scots.
French-Canadians have no need to be afraid of the English ... instead, let us admire their energy and perseverance; let us imitate them. To be excellent French-Canadians we need to have, along with the qualities of our race, the best qualities of the English-Canadians.
I think it's a beautiful thing how Hip Hop is received by the world.
Actually, bizarrely, in America, I get more appreciation from the odd, unusual stuff I've done, almost because I'm not, if you like, famous in America as I am in England.
Jazz is America's own. It is played and listened to by all peoples - in harmony together. Pigmentation differences have no place... as in genuine democracy, only performance counts.
At a time when there is so much tension in the world - between cultures, and nations, and so forth - there is nothing that levels the playing field more than the arts.
I actually feel like the phrase 'big in Japan' is not appropriate for me. The reason is that there are more people who sympathize with my practice in America than there are domestically in Japan.
There was a lot of stuff happening in Havana that was being heard and appreciated by New Orleans musicians because of this situation. And vice versa.
Westerners are open to Indian films.
I think a lot of American fans or people that read about us - they think that we're trying to be a part of the American culture, like all these Swedish kids that love America. We rap in English, so I guess there's something, but we're very Swedish, actually.
People need to see that, far from being an obstacle, the world's diversity of languages, religions and traditions is a great treasure, affording us precious opportunities to recognize ourselves in others.
I love the fact that Inuit poetry may resonate with me as much as Irish.
No matter what culture you're from, everyone loves music.
I wrote an op-ed piece in The New York Times about the amazing effect of shared wonder - how I have an audience filled with people who you'd think would hate each other, people from every religious category, all at the same show at the same time. And it's an amazing phenomenon to watch this shared sense of wonder, where these people who really don't like each other - for good and bad reasons, reasons that make sense and that don't make sense - are in the same room, experiencing this unification.
Shakespeare is global - of course he can be shared.
We're actually more popular in the U.K.; they really get us, and in Australia. In the non-English speaking countries, they don't really get it.
I was glad to know that 'Caravan' was one of the first movies from Bollywood that was loved by the Chinese audience.
Once I had gone for a shoot at a remote Fiji island in the middle of Pacific Ocean and I was thoroughly bowled over the popularity of this character there! I've also got positive feedback from U.K., U.S.A., Canada, Pakistan and Dubai for my performance as Brahmanad.
No matter what walk of life you're from, you can appreciate the music - songs [can] resonate in your soul and your heart.
When the first video was uploaded to YouTube, that's when we realized that people outside of Japan were interested. That's where we see Babymetal spreading, with people trying to mimic music or dance moves.
It is very overwhelming to find that you are loved by people belonging to different provinces and cultures. They give me the energy.
Art is a unifying language for all of us from across the world, and it transcends boundaries.
Baahubali... ' has been accepted widely amongst Hindi cinema-goers. So this shows that language is becoming less important.
