They wanted me to be the face of Coca Cola. I was like 'Wow. Have you guys got any idea what you’re talking about?' Then Pepsi called me the next wee… - M.I.A.

Google’s more powerful than any government now – people think it’s God. They’re storing all our data and one day they’re going to turn against us.

I used to see songwriting like editing a film or something. You can edit music like you can edit a film. Or if I was painting or making a picture or something, that night I could sit down and write a song. I think it really helps to break things up. Sometimes when you sit down to write songs, you write three or four songs in a row feeling the same sort of vibe. But if you stop in-between that time and change something, you break the pattern – you prevent yourself from unconsciously falling into a format.

I'm here to paint what's written on your face
Cause these are the days
We are losing our ways
To find better ways
To say what nobody says