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Rokia Traore quotes: It's a great experience just to understand that finally being well known is not the most important thing.

It's a great experience just to understand that finally being well known is not the most important thing.

Rokia Traore quotes: I don't know if it's due to my age, that I'm older now, [but] I love the essentials. I don't like the things around us that are a kind of

I don't know if it's due to my age, that I'm older now, [but] I love the essentials. I don't like the things around us that are a kind of mirage.

Rokia Traore quotes: You can be a star here in Europe and not be known at all in the United States.

You can be a star here in Europe and not be known at all in the United States.

Rokia Traore quotes: Of course I am stressed after I finish working on an album about what an audience will think, if it will be successful or not.

Of course I am stressed after I finish working on an album about what an audience will think, if it will be successful or not.

Rokia Traore quotes: We're repeating the same things all the time; there aren't many new things happening in this life.

We're repeating the same things all the time; there aren't many new things happening in this life.

Rokia Traore quotes: Of course the folk guitar is the one I play very often, but I wanted a more electric sound.

Of course the folk guitar is the one I play very often, but I wanted a more electric sound.

Rokia Traore quotes: Without an audience, all your dreams will not come true at all, because you need an audience to write new songs and continue to do music.

Without an audience, all your dreams will not come true at all, because you need an audience to write new songs and continue to do music.

Rokia Traore quotes: I'm in a state of my life when the essential is very important to me. I don't like long songs with complicated arrangements and breaks anymore.

I'm in a state of my life when the essential is very important to me. I don't like long songs with complicated arrangements and breaks anymore.

Rokia Traore quotes: Traveling changed my personality and gave me ability to do the music I do and to think in a certain way that everything can be possible.

Traveling changed my personality and gave me ability to do the music I do and to think in a certain way that everything can be possible.

Rokia Traore quotes: A melody without the right rhythm hardly exists.

A melody without the right rhythm hardly exists.

Rokia Traore quotes: I used to play guitar for myself and write lyrics and listen to different styles of music.

I used to play guitar for myself and write lyrics and listen to different styles of music.

Rokia Traore quotes: When you are able to make a living with your job as an artist, that means you have an audience and you have to thank this audience.

When you are able to make a living with your job as an artist, that means you have an audience and you have to thank this audience.

Rokia Traore quotes: We need self-confidence in our ability to build Africa. I trust in Mali and I trust in music.

We need self-confidence in our ability to build Africa. I trust in Mali and I trust in music.

Rokia Traore quotes: I prefer simple things - monotone melodies repeating the same things all the time. Because I think life is like that.

I prefer simple things - monotone melodies repeating the same things all the time. Because I think life is like that.

Rokia Traore quotes: The most important thing is to be happy myself with what I am doing.

The most important thing is to be happy myself with what I am doing.

Rokia Traore quotes: You just have to try before thinking that you can't.

You just have to try before thinking that you can't.

Rokia Traore quotes: I loved music - listening and playing - but of course I could not imagine I would be a professional musician. It really happened step by step.

I loved music - listening and playing - but of course I could not imagine I would be a professional musician. It really happened step by step.

Rokia Traore quotes: The interesting thing for me is to put together all my influences and all my experiences I got through my traveling with my father.

The interesting thing for me is to put together all my influences and all my experiences I got through my traveling with my father.

Rokia Traore quotes: I wanted to come back to the guitar after three albums and almost 10 years. I started to miss this instrument and I wanted to come back to the guitar.

I wanted to come back to the guitar after three albums and almost 10 years. I started to miss this instrument and I wanted to come back to the guitar.

Rokia Traore quotes: For me, each time I'm on stage, each time I'm working on a new album, it's like a dream. I can't believe it's happening.

For me, each time I'm on stage, each time I'm working on a new album, it's like a dream. I can't believe it's happening.

Rokia Traore quotes: An artist who doesn't have any audience is not an artist.

An artist who doesn't have any audience is not an artist.

Rokia Traore quotes: Not what you would call a musical family, but my father used to play saxophone, and I discovered many genres of music when I was a child.

Not what you would call a musical family, but my father used to play saxophone, and I discovered many genres of music when I was a child.