I just like music all the way around the board. I can’t stick to one thing – I’ve got to move around.
AKONWhatever 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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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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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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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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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 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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Brotherhood is measured by the Wars you’ve won not by the ones you’ve fought.
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Never start something to prove people wrong, Always start to prove yourself right.
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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 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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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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Mobilizing all the youth to develop Africa. It’s our time. I hope the world is paying attention.
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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 make sure to stop by in every city they exist to attend to my sweet tooth.
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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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