My influences are jazz, blues, European classical music; they are rock music and pop music. So many kinds of music. World music from different countries like India and China. I think that would be a shame not to take advantage… — Rokia Traore Copy Share Image
Everybody does music from his culture and his experiences with his culture. There are not so many people who are interested by the music coming from different countries and different cultures and trying to make music from that, from all… — Rokia Traore Copy Share Image
My influences are jazz, blues, European classical music; they are rock music and pop music. So many kinds of music. World music from different… — Rokia Traore Copy Share
I think about all these influences and musical cultures, then the opinion of the audience is of course important, but when I'm working on… — Rokia Traore Copy Share
I don't know if it's due to my age, that I'm older now, [but] I love the essentials. I don't like the things around… — Rokia Traore Copy Share
Without an audience, all your dreams will not come true at all, because you need an audience to write new songs and continue to… — Rokia Traore Copy Share
Traveling changed my personality and gave me ability to do the music I do and to think in a certain way that everything can… — Rokia Traore Copy Share
The interesting thing for me is to put together all my influences and all my experiences I got through my traveling with my father. — Rokia Traore Copy Share
I wanted to come back to the guitar after three albums and almost 10 years. I started to miss this instrument and I wanted… — Rokia Traore Copy Share
I don't think I'm unique or that I'm trying to do something unique, but I feel it is something I would like to hear.… — Rokia Traore Copy Share
I can change the arrangements on stage while I am playing or singing, doing signs to the musicians to change things because the audience… — Rokia Traore Copy Share
You can't be unique any way. Music is made from seven notes. You will always come back to something. Even if you think you… — Rokia Traore Copy Share
I'm in a state of my life when the essential is very important to me. I don't like long songs with complicated arrangements and… — Rokia Traore Copy Share
The fact of playing an instrument and singing... that I can try to make my dream of singing and becoming a professional musician come… — Rokia Traore Copy Share
We're repeating the same things all the time; there aren't many new things happening in this life. — Rokia Traore Copy Share
