--- title: "1 Want Recognized Quotes By K'naan" description: "1 Want Recognized quotes by K'naan. Plus more from K'naan and more Want Recognized sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4dd/k-naan-16145_art_i-know-that-often-times-a-lot-of-people_2550684.png" --- > [I know that often times a lot of people who work in music, whether they be labels and so on or even artists, want personal recognition. We want to be recognized for something, for what we did. I'd rather my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-naan/i-know-that-often-times-a-lot-of-people-who-work-in-music-whether/) [K'naan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-naan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4dd/k-naan-16145_art_i-know-that-often-times-a-lot-of-people_2550684.png) ## More by K'naan > [Until the lion learns to speak, the tales of hunting will be weak.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-naan/until-the-lion-learns-to-speak-the-tales-of-hunting-will-be-weak/) [K'naan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-naan/) > [The problem is that rap is so often a caricature of its own image. Nobody comes to the table with the seriousness of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-naan/the-problem-is-that-rap-is-so-often-a-caricature-of-its-own-image/) [K'naan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-naan/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-naan/there-s-definitely-anger-the-demand-of-more-from-the-world-a-demand/) [K'naan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-naan/) > [It's not really that I'm interested in filmmaking. I'm interested in the instrument of it, you know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-naan/it-s-not-really-that-i-m-interested-in-filmmaking-i-m-interested-in/) [K'naan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-naan/) > [My life owes me. Like an overdose, I'm slowly Drifting into the arms of trouble, then trouble holds me](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-naan/my-life-owes-me-like-an-overdose-i-m-slowly-drifting-into-the-arms-of/) [K'naan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-naan/) > [The people of Somalia just do not have a voice. They are to me the most forgotten people in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-naan/the-people-of-somalia-just-do-not-have-a-voice-they-are-to-me-the/) [K'naan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-naan/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-naan/my-question-about-my-art-and-my-music-has-always-been-am-i-good-or-am/) [K'naan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-naan/) > [Hip-hop in Africa has been very often a duplication of an American experience, but in a context that's totally alien to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-naan/hip-hop-in-africa-has-been-very-often-a-duplication-of-an-american/) [K'naan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-naan/) > [I do think that some of my songs, like Take a Minute, are like the train between the two worlds. It starts out with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-naan/i-do-think-that-some-of-my-songs-like-take-a-minute-are-like-the/) [K'naan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-naan/) > [It's better to light a candle than to curse the dark In the eyes of the youth, there are question marks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-naan/it-s-better-to-light-a-candle-than-to-curse-the-dark-in-the-eyes-of/) [K'naan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-naan/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-naan/i-think-it-s-a-mistake-to-work-on-success-in-career-i-ve-worked-on-my/) [K'naan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-naan/) > [To reach your goal authentically is probably, in the end, going to mean much more to you than having reached it in a false…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-naan/to-reach-your-goal-authentically-is-probably-in-the-end-going-to-mean/) [K'naan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-naan/) > [It was not my dream to be an artist. How could it have been? I thought, artist, much like a leader, was something you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-naan/it-was-not-my-dream-to-be-an-artist-how-could-it-have-been-i-thought/) [K'naan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-naan/) > [I learned to fire guns at the age of nine or so, but luckily was not out killing people. We zigzagged the streets to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-naan/i-learned-to-fire-guns-at-the-age-of-nine-or-so-but-luckily-was-not/) [K'naan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-naan/) > [You have to let the world speak to you and then you speak, you know, so I'm in that moment now where I'm finding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-naan/you-have-to-let-the-world-speak-to-you-and-then-you-speak-you-know-so/) [K'naan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-naan/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want-recognized/k-naan/#itemlist", "name": "1 Want Recognized Quotes By K'naan", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I know that often times a lot of people who work in music, whether they be labels and so on or even artists, want personal recognition. We want to be recognized for something, for what we did. 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