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.
AKONThe 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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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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Let’s break out of our past and concur the future
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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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Mobilizing all the youth to develop Africa. It’s our time. I hope the world is paying attention.
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A fool dreams of wealth. A wise man dreams of happiness!
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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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Living right brings the smile out of you!!
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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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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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Damn life is so short.
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Party don’t stop. Only gets crazier when I touch down.
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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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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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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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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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