My influences are jazz, blues, European classical music; they are rock music and pop music. So many kinds of music. World music… — Rokia Traore Advantage Copy Share Image
I think about all these influences and musical cultures, then the opinion of the audience is of course important, but when I'm… — Rokia Traore Albums Copy Share Image
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… — Rokia Traore Age Copy Share Image
Without an audience, all your dreams will not come true at all, because you need an audience to write new songs and… — Rokia Traore Audience Copy Share Image
Traveling changed my personality and gave me ability to do the music I do and to think in a certain way that… — Rokia Traore Ability Copy Share Image
The interesting thing for me is to put together all my influences and all my experiences I got through my traveling with… — Rokia Traore Father Copy Share Image
I wanted to come back to the guitar after three albums and almost 10 years. I started to miss this instrument and… — Rokia Traore Albums Copy Share Image
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… — Rokia Traore Feels Copy Share Image
I can change the arrangements on stage while I am playing or singing, doing signs to the musicians to change things because… — Rokia Traore Arrangements Copy Share Image
You can't be unique any way. Music is made from seven notes. You will always come back to something. Even if you… — Rokia Traore Ifs Copy Share Image
The most important thing is to be happy myself with what I am doing. — Rokia Traore Happiness Copy Share Image
I'm in a state of my life when the essential is very important to me. I don't like long songs with complicated… — Rokia Traore Arrangements Copy Share Image
The fact of playing an instrument and singing... that I can try to make my dream of singing and becoming a professional… — Rokia Traore Ability Copy Share Image
We're repeating the same things all the time; there aren't many new things happening in this life. — Rokia Traore Happenings Copy Share Image
The audiences are really different in general. Even in the same country or in the same city, from one venue to another,… — Rokia Traore Audience Copy Share Image
I prefer simple things - monotone melodies repeating the same things all the time. Because I think life is like that. — Rokia Traore Life is Copy Share Image
I've been in contact with music since I was four or five years old through my father, because of the interest he… — Rokia Traore Contact Copy Share Image
In general, in painting sometimes people like Picasso or somebody are not very well known in the beginning, sometimes they become well… — Rokia Traore Art Copy Share Image
American audiences don't react in the same way as European ones to African music because, I think, Europeans listen to this music… — Rokia Traore African music Copy Share Image
I loved music - listening and playing - but of course I could not imagine I would be a professional musician. It… — Rokia Traore Could Copy Share Image
For me, each time I'm on stage, each time I'm working on a new album, it's like a dream. I can't believe… — Rokia Traore Albums Copy Share Image
When you are able to make a living with your job as an artist, that means you have an audience and you… — Rokia Traore Able Copy Share Image
We need self-confidence in our ability to build Africa. I trust in Mali and I trust in music. — Rokia Traore Ability Copy Share Image
