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K Naan Inspirational Quotes (17)

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It's better to light a candle than to curse the dark In the eyes of the youth, there are question marks
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I'm not about trying to get and get and get. I feel good when I get, but I kind of feel better when I give.
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It was not my dream to be an artist. How could it have been? I thought, artist, much like a leader, was something you either were or weren't. Never something you set out to be.
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Somalis really are very musically sophisticated, and they're about their own thing.
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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 the way you hear them. It's not just the words, it's what is being felt.
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I'm writing from a place of - a center of authenticity, somewhere that only I know how to write from.
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In the time of war, everyone was basically trying to live and manage the best they could. But you also had another period which was not a hard time at all - it was just a beautiful time. I lived in both eras. I got to fully experience and appreciate both the tragedy of Somalia and the beauty of it.
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When I get older, I will be stronger They’ll call me freedom, just like a Wavin’ Flag
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I wasn't making music consciously when I was younger. I was a musician, but that has its own stigmas. Anywhere on the planet, it's one of the more undervalued positions.
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I enjoy mediation. I think the artist's position is often to mend the things we feel are broken. Whether that's between two cultures or two thoughts. We're always trying to reach, trying to expand something.
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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 to say more precisely than the last time I said it? Success is such an elusive concept. When you work for it, I think you get it in a way you might regret it.
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To reach your goal authentically is probably, in the end, going to mean much more to you than having reached it in a false way.
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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 the world's voice.
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Until the lion learns to speak, the tales of hunting will be weak.
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I faced quite a few challenging times, and in front of those, I was more positive than some people not facing those conditions. I'm actually of the belief now that it is that struggle that offers you that open-hearted hope.
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It's not longer 'Look what I can do, I can do it better then you.' It's just I am.
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When I get older, I will be stronger
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