As Africans we shouldn’t ever have to reach out to build our own country, there is enough money in Africa itself.
AKONI always try to give my own albums space in between so I have time to create a new sound and give time for people to miss me. You have to come out fresh and reinvent yourself.
More Akon Quotes
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Whatever obstacle comes your way, you gotta be prepared to jump over it! And I think that’s what separates the legends from the regular artists. It’s all in how you manage that success, and how you deal with the controversy when it actually comes.
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My ideas come when I least expect it, so I’ve always got to have a studio nearby or close by somewhere.
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Never start something to prove people wrong, Always start to prove yourself right.
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People will throw stones at you. Don’t throw them back. Collect them all and build an empire.
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I’m a polygamist. I can afford to have as many wives as I can afford to have. All Africans believe in it. My dad has four wives.
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A fool dreams of wealth. A wise man dreams of happiness!
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Party don’t stop. Only gets crazier when I touch down.
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I love to just go to the movies, watch movies, listen to the scores and all that ’cause that’s, like, the next step for me.
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When I first heard hip-hop I thought it was rubbish because I didn’t understand the concept of people talking over music.
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Brotherhood is measured by the Wars you’ve won not by the ones you’ve fought.
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What I remember the most really was just running wild there. Barefooted, swimming in dirty lakes, selling fruit, picking mango trees, hoping not to get caught because they don’t take kindly to thieves in Africa.
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I make sure to stop by in every city they exist to attend to my sweet tooth.
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It’s always the music first for me. But if the music isn’t selling, there isn’t gonna be no business. So you gotta make sure music is always the first priority.
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Melody has a certain way that it projects back to you. It triggers certain nerves in your body and certain instincts that normally wouldn’t be triggered by a normal voice.
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Two things that define SUCCESS In LIFE: – The Way You manage when you have nothing & way you behave when you have everything.
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