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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More Akon Quotes
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Eminem is the greatest, ever.
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As Africans we shouldn’t ever have to reach out to build our own country, there is enough money in Africa itself.
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Let’s break out of our past and concur the future
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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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I 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.
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I always want to set myself a challenge by doing something no-one would expect me to do! But, having said that, I don’t feel as a musician you can steer too far away from what you normally do.
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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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A fool dreams of wealth. A wise man dreams of happiness!
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Misery is a choice. I chose happiness.
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Whoever told you its not possible was lying! Keep going!
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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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The moment artists can just do what they love to do then music will go right back to where it used to be. I mean back in the ’60s and ’70s and ’80s, that’s what it was.
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Living right brings the smile out of you!!
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Mobilizing all the youth to develop Africa. It’s our time. I hope the world is paying attention.
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