Himanshu Suri Quotes & Sayings

My parents don't care what Americans think of us; we just care what the other Indian people in our community think of us. — Himanshu Suri

As an immigrant, you're constantly thinking about how you're perceived on a community level, and a lot of times it's just on a community level. — Himanshu Suri

I constantly think as an artist, as a rapper of what are the stories you want to tell? They can't all be, "I'm ill, I'm fresh, look at me, I have money." At some point, when you have an audience for it, there are stories that need to be told. — Himanshu Suri

Oy vey, these guys is New York's spineless
Strangled and denied it for Anthony Baez — Himanshu Suri

Once Indians become more visible in pop culture and thus more humanized, then it actually chips away at discrimination. Especially after 9/11, it became important for those stories and that human element, for the Muslim, the Hindu, the Sheikh communities to be heard. That's what I hope I get at with the music. — Himanshu Suri

I engage with New York and America but my parents pretty much hang out in this radius of Long Island where their friends are and where their work is. That's why you have people who have lived in New York for like 20, 30 years who don't speak English. They just live in a Chinese community or an Indian community. More than anywhere you'll find that in Queens. — Himanshu Suri