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Your color doesn't define your brain nor your soul. You can stand next to any human being and challenge that person as long as you use your brain.

Angelique Kidjo

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I’m honoured when Africa recognises me
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I don't care about skin the color, everybody is a human being. Beneath every skin color, you bleed red. That's just the bottom line of the truth.
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We cannot hurt ourselves just for the sake of it. When you hurt somebody you hurt yourself. Down the line, the ripple of it comes back to you.
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Doing an album is like having a business card to show people what you do. The most important thing to me is the stage. I do albums because I love the stage.
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You have to stand for something or you fall for everything.
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Don't let anyone define and decide for you fate.
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As long as you are happy with your life, you'll have less problems.
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Your brain is your greatest weapon. Connect it to your heart, and you can go anywhere.
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If you're on stage and you're more concerned about your dress, and then you think that the public is accessory, you got nothing to do there.
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As far as I'm concerned, no human being should be, absolutely not, put in the category of color.
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As long as music of mine is not used to preach hate, or to bash women, it's okay for me. If it doesn't promote violence against women, drugs, this and that, use it, go ahead.
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