Misery is a choice. I chose happiness.
AKONWhen I first heard hip-hop I thought it was rubbish because I didn’t understand the concept of people talking over music.
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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Mobilizing all the youth to develop Africa. It’s our time. I hope the world is paying attention.
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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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Damn life is so short.
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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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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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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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Let’s break out of our past and concur the future
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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 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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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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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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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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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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