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If you love music, you have to be the one that opens doors. You have to be the one that build bridge on which everybody can be free to walk on. I know that that's my mission.

Angelique Kidjo

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Don't say that you are a victim if you let somebody manipulate you.
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What we have to learn from the women of Africa is that every day is worth living.
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Don't let anyone define and decide for you fate.
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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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Even the most racist person make a very painful racial comment, give him a smile. It's better than you take a weapon on him because he's just gonna go like, Oh. He's just being stupid.
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I want everybody to be happy because, if you're happy, you are more open to other people. Don't let misery bring you down.
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I don't care about what people think about me.
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Your brain is your greatest weapon. Connect it to your heart, and you can go anywhere.
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Music for me has been my breath, my backbone since I was a little kid. Anything that comes to my life, hard time or good time, I always find comfort in music.
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I refuse for anyone to tell me who I am because I know who I am.
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As long as you are happy with your life, you'll have less problems.
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The music of the westerner comes from Africa, whether they like it or not. The majority of the instruments of the music, of the pop music, rock and roll, or R&B, hip hop, whatever it is, their roots trace back to Africa. So if you are black, white, yellow, or red, whatever you do, it doesn't matter, because your DNA is back in Africa.
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I never use someone just because they are great musicians. I work with people who have the same kind of feeling towards the music that I do, and the subject that I'm speaking of at that time.
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There are people who refuse to say that Africa is a continent, but that doesn't remove the fact that it is a continent.
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Education is not something that the government invests in. Because if you invest in education, no politician can come and tell you something that doesn't make sense.
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