“My dad was a brilliant civil engineer. My parents later divorced, but ...” — Yasmine Hamdan Quote

“My dad was a brilliant civil engineer. My parents later divorced, but we lived in Abu Dhabi, Greece, Kuwait.”

“Music liberated me.”

“I was raised by strong women, and the role models I had in music and cinema were strong, too - liberated and provocative.”

“Dad's easy to get along with. He always has suggestions, and I'm more than happy to be guided by him.”

“Religion features more now in my life than it did when I was a kid - my dad rejected the Catholic church as a young man. I had no religious upbringing, but certainly, Dad was a kind of secular humanist. I don't know if he was an atheist or agnostic. I regret I didn't talk to him about it.”

“Given this voice, I know it does sound like I've come from money. But my dad was Canadian and my mum Hungarian, so it's not like I have some high-society, upper-class English background.”