About Quote by K'naan Download Open image “Somalis really are very musically sophisticated, and they're about their own thing.” — K'naan ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare About Musically Own Really Sophisticated Thing Very
Many of the African musicians are well-schooled and well-versed...what they do takes a high level of musicianship. — Jake Holmes Copy Share Image
What I love about African-African music is how unselfconscious it is in so many ways. — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
Music in Africa is perceived so differently than Western classical music - it's language and storytelling. — Ludwig Goransson Copy Share Image
The African people and tribal chiefs are hospitable, and African music and dances are invigorating. — Li Keqiang Copy Share Image
Most musicians, regardless of what culture they come from, can get together and agree on some stuff about music. As there is going to… — Jerry Garcia Copy Share Image
Going back and forth between Western Arabic and African countries clearly created the various musical backgrounds I could have and obviously influenced my professional… — Rokia Traore Copy Share Image
Music is always going to be only as sophisticated as the culture that consumes it. — Jimmy Chamberlin Copy Share Image
Classical music gives musicians a kick. But African music gives everyone a kick. — Fela Kuti Copy Share Image
I think music is one of the hero/sheroes of the African-American existence. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Musicians are very mysterious and wonderful people to me; I don't know how they do it. — John Updike 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
If you ask an introvert a question, wait until she thinks about it. Introverts think before speaking, not through speaking. If you want to… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
I talk to my mates about our kids, being too tired and being worn out. — Holly Willoughby Copy Share Image
With 'Pretty Girls,' I saw the opportunity to talk not just about crime but what crime leaves behind. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
I write about presidents. That means I write about guys - so far. I'm interested in the people closest to them, the people they… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
That's something a lot of folks don't know about me - I'm pretty darn funny. — Michael Jai White Copy Share Image
I don't think about the press or the crowds or the other leaders of the race. The focus is only on myself. As soon… — Magdalena Neuner Copy Share Image
Sport is not just about entertainment. It is equally about winning and losing, pooling and galvanising the energy of the youth, upgrading people's physical… — Nita Ambani Copy Share Image
One of the ways that I discovered my confidence and my ability to overpower is becoming a mother. Suddenly, my world wasn't about myself… — Lights Copy Share Image
I didn't want to do 'Fashion Police' because I thought, 'This is stupid, this is beneath me, who wants to talk about fashion?' It… — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
I just worried about my weight. Worried about my appearance and thought I wan't pretty enough to be a pop star. It was very… — Judith Durham Copy Share Image
