It was not my dream to be an artist. How could it have been? I thought, artist, much like a leader, was something you either were or weren't. Never something you set out to be. — K'naan Copy Share Image
The only way I see the world now is through coming out of and growing up and living in Somalia. In the time of war, everyone was basically trying to live and manage the best they could. But you also… — K'naan Copy Share Image
The problem is that rap is so often a caricature of its own image. Nobody comes to the table with the seriousness of the… — K'naan Copy Share Image
There's definitely anger, the demand of more from the world, a demand for justice. There's no other way I can perform the vocals than… — K'naan Copy Share Image
It's not really that I'm interested in filmmaking. I'm interested in the instrument of it, you know. — K'naan Copy Share Image
My life owes me. Like an overdose, I'm slowly Drifting into the arms of trouble, then trouble holds me — K'naan Copy Share Image
The people of Somalia just do not have a voice. They are to me the most forgotten people in the world. — K'naan Copy Share Image
My question about my art and my music has always been, 'Am I good, or am I good because?' I'm not the artist who… — K'naan Copy Share Image
Hip-hop in Africa has been very often a duplication of an American experience, but in a context that's totally alien to it. — K'naan Copy Share Image
I do think that some of my songs, like Take a Minute, are like the train between the two worlds. It starts out with… — K'naan Copy Share Image
It's better to light a candle than to curse the dark In the eyes of the youth, there are question marks — K'naan Copy Share Image
I think it's a mistake to work on success in career. I've worked on my passions obsessively. How can I say what I want… — K'naan Copy Share Image
To reach your goal authentically is probably, in the end, going to mean much more to you than having reached it in a false… — K'naan Copy Share Image
