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.
AKONPeople will throw stones at you. Don’t throw them back. Collect them all and build an empire.
More Akon Quotes
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Party don’t stop. Only gets crazier when I touch down.
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Let’s break out of our past and concur the future
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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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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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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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I just like music all the way around the board. I can’t stick to one thing – I’ve got to move around.
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Damn life is so short.
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Living right brings the smile out of you!!
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Whoever told you its not possible was lying! Keep going!
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Brotherhood is measured by the Wars you’ve won not by the ones you’ve fought.
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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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Never start something to prove people wrong, Always start to prove yourself right.
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I don’t want to know I’m getting older. Then I’ll start to think about getting checkups and insurance. I don’t want that.
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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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Misery is a choice. I chose happiness.
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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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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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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’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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Eminem is the greatest, ever.
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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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As long as you’re giving up quality records and you’re makin’ hit records, people are always gonna want to hear a hit and they’ll always want to be attached to something that’s doin’ great.
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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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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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The difference between dreams & success Is, dreams need effortless sleep & success needs sleepless efforts.
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A fool dreams of wealth. A wise man dreams of happiness!
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