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K'naan quotes: It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkIn the eyes of the youth, there are question marks

It's better to light a candle than to curse the dark
In the eyes of the youth, there are question marks

K'naan quotes: I'm an optimist about other people. I'm not an optimist about myself.

I'm an optimist about other people. I'm not an optimist about myself.

K'naan quotes: I am one of those people that's never been really cynical about life, you know.

I am one of those people that's never been really cynical about life, you know.

K'naan quotes: The people of Somalia just do not have a voice. They are to me the most forgotten people in the world.

The people of Somalia just do not have a voice. They are to me the most forgotten people in the world.

K'naan quotes: Until the lion learns to speak, the tales of hunting will be weak.

Until the lion learns to speak, the tales of hunting will be weak.

K'naan quotes: When I get older, I will be stronger They'll call me freedom, just like a Wavin' Flag

When I get older, I will be stronger
They'll call me freedom, just like a Wavin' Flag

K'naan quotes: When I get older, I will be stronger

When I get older, I will be stronger

K'naan quotes: The poetry I grew up on is really an intense form of poetry; it's so pure and powerful.

The poetry I grew up on is really an intense form of poetry; it's so pure and powerful.

K'naan quotes: I don't feel political most of the time. Sometimes I'm placed in positions because no one else will go there.

I don't feel political most of the time. Sometimes I'm placed in positions because no one else will go there.

K'naan quotes: I'm not about trying to get and get and get. I feel good when I get, but I kind of feel better when I give.

I'm not about trying to get and get and get. I feel good when I get, but I kind of feel better when I give.

K'naan quotes: I'm writing from a place of - a center of authenticity, somewhere that only I know how to write from.

I'm writing from a place of - a center of authenticity, somewhere that only I know how to write from.

K'naan quotes: Hip-hop in Africa has been very often a duplication of an American experience, but in a context that's totally alien to it.

Hip-hop in Africa has been very often a duplication of an American experience, but in a context that's totally alien to it.

K'naan quotes: You have to let the world speak to you and then you speak, you know, so I'm in that moment now where I'm finding the world's voice.

You have to let the world speak to you and then you speak, you know, so I'm in that moment now where I'm finding the world's voice.

K'naan quotes: Somalis really are very musically sophisticated, and they're about their own thing.

Somalis really are very musically sophisticated, and they're about their own thing.

K'naan quotes: To reach your goal authentically is probably, in the end, going to mean much more to you than having reached it in a false way.

To reach your goal authentically is probably, in the end, going to mean much more to you than having reached it in a false way.

K'naan quotes: My question about my art and my music has always been, 'Am I good, or am I good because?' I'm not the artist who wants to have the 'because' attached.

My question about my art and my music has always been, 'Am I good, or am I good because?' I'm not the artist who wants to have the 'because' attached.

K'naan quotes: My life owes me. Like an overdose, I'm slowlyDrifting into the arms of trouble, then trouble holds me

My life owes me. Like an overdose, I'm slowly
Drifting into the arms of trouble, then trouble holds me

K'naan quotes: It's not really that I'm interested in filmmaking. I'm interested in the instrument of it, you know.

It's not really that I'm interested in filmmaking. I'm interested in the instrument of it, you know.

K'naan quotes: And any man who knows a thing, knows he knows not a damn, damn thing at all ...

And any man who knows a thing, knows he knows not a damn, damn thing at all ...

K'naan quotes: It's not longer 'Look what I can do, I can do it better then you.' It's just I am.

It's not longer 'Look what I can do, I can do it better then you.' It's just I am.