K'naan Quotes K'naan 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. Better Feel Feel Good Good Trying
I faced quite a few challenging times, and in front of those, I was more positive than some people not facing those conditions. I'm actually of the belief now that it is that struggle that offers you that open-hearted hope. K'naan
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
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
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
I wasn't making music consciously when I was younger. I was a musician, but that has its own stigmas. Anywhere on the planet, it's one of the more undervalued positions. K'naan
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
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
It's not really that I'm interested in filmmaking. I'm interested in the instrument of it, you know. K'naan
Where in the world have you seen construction people who do everything on time, with good quality and at minimal prices? Just give me one country like that. A country like that doesn't exist in the world, you know. There's not one such country anywhere in the world. Vladimir Putin
President Obama hasn't been elected by the American people in order to be pleasant to Russia. Vladimir Putin
If you don't feel good in it, don't wear it. Because it'll never look good. Any hesitation in the fitting room and just walk away. L'Wren Scott