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

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

We cannot fight communism all over the world, and I think we should have learned that lesson by now. — John F. Kerry

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

I love like a beaten child and I trust like an addict. — Kris Kidd

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

You have to be who you are when you do music. — Anthony Hamilton

Careful, Rae. So careful. Because Cruz will ask. He'll demand every fucking detail, and I'll tell him. — Kit Rocha

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

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

I don't have memorabilia but try to take a bit of wardrobe, usually because they dress me better than I dress myself. — Ben Mendelsohn

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

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

18Because the LORD was very angry with Israel, he swept them away from his presence. — Anonymous

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

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

Without health life is not life; it is only a state of langour and suffering - an image of death. — Buddha

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 preferred an artist who transformed his time, not mirrored it. - reference to Andy Warhol — Patti Smith

Islam is a peaceful religion. — 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

Africa is the future. — Youssou N'Dour

I grew up with reggae music. — 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 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

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'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

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

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