Youssou Quotes: top 37 famous quotes about Youssou

Youssou Quotes & Sayings

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World music is about taking things from different places and bringing them together - which is great. — Youssou N'Dour

In French literature, you can choose a la carte; in Spanish literature, there is only the set meal. — Jose Bergamin

I have studied at the school of the world. — Youssou N'Dour

Music is a language. — Youssou N'Dour

In politics, sometimes you have to lie, or you make a promise that you cannot keep. — Youssou N'Dour

Listen, a lot of religions have fundamentalists. — Youssou N'Dour

We are very good judges for the mistakes of others, but very good defence lawyers for our own mistakes. — Nicky Gumbel

Travel teaches as much as books. — Youssou N'Dour

I love meeting interesting people and doing things with them. — Youssou N'Dour

I'm not a non-profit person. I think of myself as an entrepreneur who wants to work on global education. — Adam Braun

Senegal needs to free itself, to rediscover its democracy. — Youssou N'Dour

My music is like a spinning ball. It can turn in one direction, and then it comes back to origins. — Youssou N'Dour

I didn't like the way I was let go from Metallica. — Dave Mustaine

The people have the power. All we have to do is awaken the power in the people. — John Lennon

C++ is an insult to the human brain — Niklaus Wirth

You're my closest friend and you're thousands of miles away. — Anthony Horowitz

I wonder, James, whether it is not too easy for a rich man to despise money — Patrick O'Brian

Africa is the future. — Youssou N'Dour

Malaria kills and its main victims are children and women. We can stop this scourge so people can live with dignity and go to work and school. — Youssou N'Dour

I really want to bring the message of love that is Islam to people; bring something new to that familiar face. — Youssou N'Dour

I respect music, I do. I love it. — Youssou N'Dour

Islam has been badly used by a certain ideology. — Youssou N'Dour

I think the prom is very serious also. It's an American ritual, it's a rite of passage, and it's very much a part of this country. — Mary Ellen Mark

Women have burnt like beacons in all the works of all the poets from the beginning of time. — Virginia Woolf

I don't really see myself as an actor. — Youssou N'Dour

When the slaves left Africa, they left us this music. They left us blues. — Youssou N'Dour

I have to protect my family and have a life with them that is completely private. — Youssou N'Dour

I relate to any prison movie, as long as it has some authenticity. — Danny Trejo

Islam is a peaceful religion. — Youssou N'Dour

I was not really as good as I should have been. — Eddie Albert

It's very difficult to talk about religion in Iran because religion has gotten so mixed up with politics. — Asghar Farhadi

Politics is politics; art is art. If you play a political role, you have to stop being an artist. — Youssou N'Dour

I'm a modern Muslim. I pray, and if I have a question, I ask someone who is more educated in the religion than me. — Youssou N'Dour

My father used to tell me about how musicians don't have respect from people and he was afraid about my future. — Youssou N'Dour

I want to use my music to deliver a political message and sometimes to denounce, but I don't want to be a politician. — Youssou N'Dour

I can assure you that I have never used my media companies for propaganda, and I will never do so. — Youssou N'Dour

I grew up with reggae music. — Youssou N'Dour