When I first heard hip-hop I thought it was rubbish because I didn’t understand the concept of people talking over music.
AKONLiving right brings the smile out of you!!
More Akon Quotes
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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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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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Misery is a choice. I chose happiness.
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A fool dreams of wealth. A wise man dreams of happiness!
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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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Party don’t stop. Only gets crazier when I touch down.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Let’s break out of our past and concur the future
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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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