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I collaborate with people because their music talk to me as much as mine talk to them.

Angelique Kidjo

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Dream big, as long as you do it in sync with your truth, with your heart, your brain. And you are not hurting anybody, go ahead and do it.
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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 am a storyteller with my music. And my story, nobody gonna tell it for me.
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Don't say that you are a victim if you let somebody manipulate you.
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If you don't trust the roots of the modern music in Africa, then there's hope for that music at all.
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The richness of Africa, culturally, is vast. That's the challenge that we have to face, because most of the time, people in the western world, their attention span is really narrow.
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You can fall, but you can rise also.
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It is proven that when women are educated, the ability of the country goes up immediately.
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I don't care about what people think about me.
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I'm a story teller. I really know how to tell stories of Africa.
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Don't let anyone define and decide for you fate.
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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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Africa is not just about where you are born. For me, Africa is the whole continent from south to north, to east to west.
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I want to look at myself in the mirror at the end of my life and say I've done my share and I'm proud of what I've done.
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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.
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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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You cannot transform the society of people if the people are not part of the change.
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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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Telling my story is to empower people to believe in their own power. We have so much power individually.
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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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