“I saw firsthand where the music we made ended up. It turned up in sterile bullshit clubs in LA, separated from the spirit we made it in.”

— M.I.A.

Quote on her decision to ditch party music on /\/\ /\ Y /\ http://www.nme.com/photos/in-her-own-words-mias-20-sharpest-quotes/172930/16/4#6 reprinted in NME (2010)
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British recording artist, songwriter, painter and director 1975

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