For me to have the opportunity to learn the darbuka and the tabla in Dubai, it created my own thoughts for music. — Jain Copy Share
I quietly work with my computer on the tour bus, and then I wait to make my more natural rhythms when I get home. — Jain Copy Share Image
What I want to tell people is that you can mix the culture a little bit and it's not always appropriation. — Jain Copy Share
Sometimes people stop me on the street and they say 'when are you going to make the next 'Zanaka' and it's what I really didn't want to do. — Jain Copy Share
At 16 I was living in the Congo, and, you know, it's your teenage time. I really wanted to find a way to express myself, so I started to write songs in the Congo, and I think that's why my music is quite open, with a lot of different influences. — Jain Copy Share
I want to have Congolese influences but also influences from Dubai and Abu Dhabi and France. To mix everything up. — Jain Copy Share
I grew up in a family where, when we listened to music everybody would dance, so for me that's a very natural thing to… — Jain Copy Share Image
I just write about what makes me sad, and then when I write, I hear myself. It's like therapy, where I write something sad… — Jain Copy Share Image
When I was little, I was listening to the Beatles, Bob Marley, Janis Joplin, and stuff. I had a big soul music culture, and… — Jain Copy Share Image
