K'naan Quotes

K'naan
K'naan
Somali Musician
Born: Feb 1, 1978
Music People Song Time World You
It's not really that I'm interested in filmmaking. I'm interested in the instrument of it, you know. K'naan
You Know Instrument Interested Really Filmmaking
It was interesting to find how dominating American vision is all over the world. I think there's something to be said about the world's mindset and its economics and all of that, and I think it affects the way we see ourselves and it affects music. K'naan
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I don't feel political most of the time. Sometimes I'm placed in positions because no one else will go there. K'naan
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The poetry I grew up on is really an intense form of poetry; it's so pure and powerful. K'naan
Pure Poetry Powerful Up Intense Form Grew Really
Art isn't held with the same high regard as it is after success. In any country, in any language, you're a loser if you're making music until you prove otherwise. K'naan
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The only way I see the world now is through coming out of and growing up and living in Somalia. In the time of war, everyone was basically trying to live and manage the best they could. But you also had another period which was not a hard time at all - it was just a beautiful time. I lived in both eras. K'naan
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The problem is that rap is so often a caricature of its own image. Nobody comes to the table with the seriousness of the effect that it can have; nobody is prepared for that. K'naan
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I know that often times a lot of people who work in music, whether they be labels and so on or even artists, want personal recognition. We want to be recognized for something, for what we did. I'd rather my song be recognized for what it's doing and that's important. It's not so important how many people know me. K'naan
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I enjoy mediation. I think the artist's position is often to mend the things we feel are broken. Whether that's between two cultures or two thoughts. We're always trying to reach, trying to expand something. K'naan
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I'm writing from a place of - a center of authenticity, somewhere that only I know how to write from. K'naan
Writing Somewhere Only Write Know How Authenticity Center Place
I have moments of darkness, of anger, and moments of rage. They do creep up at the most inopportune times. Not to recognize that in my music would give people a sense of sainthood that I don't necessarily have or even want to have. K'naan
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