Riz Ahmed

'Post 9/11 Blues' is an observational satire about the surreal circus of fear at that time. It's a generational thing.

I'm not trying to project any persona. Often people don't know where to put me. I don't fit comfortably under banners, and that's fine. I'm not worried about not making sense to people. That's probably my best asset.

Multiculturalism isn't just a buzzword; it's not just something to debate - I am multiculturalism.

I like the idea of being caught between things, always being a bit of an outsider, having an outside eye on things - almost like a Shakespearean fool.

The only people who have doubts about the sincerity of my music are people who come to it relatively late, off the back of having seen me in a film. Acting is about being other people, and music is about being myself.