- Isiqalo sengoma ethi, 'Bonke abantwana bakaThixo bafuna izihlangu zokuhamba' sisihloko sencwadi yombhali uMaya Angelou. Yincwadi yesihlanu neyokugqibela kungcelele lwe-autobiography yakhe apho uAngelou ebhala ngephupha lakhe lokubuyela ekhaya njengebhinqa elimnyama laseMelika e-Afrika kunye nokufudukela kwakhe eGhana. Wathi uTikaram: 'Andisazi isizathu sokuba ndiyisebenzise kodwa nam yayivakala ibumbongo neyomoya; enye ingoma eneneni imalunga nokungaqondi - xa uneminyaka eyi-18, unobudlelwane obukhethekileyo beemvakalelo kunye nehlabathi, uziva ulikheswa kakhulu, kwaye wonke umntu ukude kwaye uyabanda. Kwaye ndicinga ukuba bendicula malunga nokuziva kwanto okanye ukungashukunyiswa zizinto ezindingqongileyo. Ndicinga ukuba le yimvakalelo enamandla xa usemva nje kokufikisa. Kukho ifilimu entle kakhulu ebizwa Izidalwa zaseZulwini ngumlawuli ovela eNew Zealand, andazi ukuba uyibonile na, malunga namantombazana amabini abulala umama wabo ... kodwa asikokubulala okubalulekileyo kodwa iimvakalelo zabo kunye nendlela oziva ngayo ngelo xesha. Kodwa ke iyadlula.' (icatshulwa kudliwanondlebe lukamabonakude wasePoland)
- Ngo-1989, uLiza Minnelli wayigubungela ingoma yecwecwe lakhe Iziphumo ezibonakalayo , eyaveliswa yiThe Pet Shop Boys. UTikaram uxelele i-Songfacts ukuba 'uhlonitshwe kakhulu ukuba uLiza Minnelli ucule loo nto.' Wavuma ukuba xa uMinnelli erekhoda inguqulelo yakhe, wayeselula yaye akazange 'axabise ngokwenene ukuba ungubani na.' Kodwa ngoku 'ungumlandeli omkhulu.'
U-Tanita wongezelela ukuba ucinga ukuba uMinnelli, 'wayiqonda ingoma ngendlela yaseMelika,' njengokuba 'i-sobriety inentsingiselo ethile kakhulu eMelika, malunga nokubuyisela ... kunye notywala.' Noko ke, njengomntu waseBritani, eli gama linentsingiselo eyahlukileyo kuye, elithetha 'ukuba ngqongqo kakhulu kwaye ube nengqondo ephilileyo kwihambo yakho.' - U-Tanita Tikaram ngowabazali baseMalaysia kunye ne-Indo-Fijian kwaye ungudade womdlali we-actor uRamon Tikaram. Icwecwe lakhe lokuqala Intliziyo yamandulo yakhululwa xa i-19 kwaye yaveliswa nguRod Argent kunye noPeter Van Hoote. Ibonise le ngoma kunye nengoma yakhe enkulu yase-UK ethi 'Isithethe esilungileyo,' efikelele kwi-#10. Ukukhutshwa okulandelayo akuphumelelanga ukuhlangabezana nempumelelo yorhwebo efanayo.
- Oku ibikuphela kwetshathi ka-Tanita Tikaram yokungeniswa kwetshati yase-US egqwese kwi-#25 kwitshati yeBillboard yeLiwa langoku.
- Umfana okwishumi elivisayo owayewuthanda kakhulu umsebenzi wenoveli yeembongi zenkulungwane yama-20, uVirginia Woolf, uthando lukaTikaram loncwadi lubonakala kuyo yonke indawo. Intliziyo yamandulo . Xa sasimbuza ukuba yintoni eyahamba ingqondo yakhe xa wayebhala le ngoma, uTanita waphendula wathi 'imifanekiso emininzi ithanda iincwadi,' wongeza ukuba 'luhlobo lwengoma yendlela. Yingoma yokwenene enenkangeleko yomhlaba, yaye uvakalelwa kukuba kukho umntu ochaza imbonakalo-mhlaba.'
- UTikaram uxelele uhlelo lukaFebruwari 1990 lwe Q ukuba le ngoma ithi, 'ukoyika ukubandakanyeka kwizinto.'
- Le ngoma yayikhatshwa yividiyo enemibala ye-sepia, eyayikwilali yaseBolivia, eyayikhokelwa nguGerard de Thame.
- Intliziyo yamandulo yahlala kwishumi eliphezulu kwitshathi ye-albhamu yase-U.K. ngaphezulu kweenyanga ezintandathu. Ikwayinto yamazwe ngamazwe, ngakumbi eNorway, apho iLP yahlala kwi-#1 kwiiveki ze-17.
