- Musician | 1980 -
What music does to me, it helps me balance my inner pressure so that I can deal with the forces outside that are trying to pressure me.
Emmanuel Jal
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If I sleep for more than half an hour, I get horrible dreams in which I'm firing a gun and helicopters are coming down.
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I'm rapping in English but in an African way. I'm not trying to sound like an American.
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Rap music is amazing, it's beautiful. But the problem is the lyrics. The person who writes the lyrics - that's the problem.
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I would advise dancers, musicians and others in the entertainment industry to take up yoga, as it clears the mind and creates a sense of balance and stillness which is important for any performing artist.
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When you see a Sudanese walking on the street, there is a story.
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As a child, I didn't know what they mean by 'to die.' So I grew up in a place where people used to die all the time, but a child is not allowed to see a dead body. When you ask, 'Where is so-and so?' you're told, 'He's gone to another world where we all go to live in the future.'
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Young people are so brave when they go to fight.
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For many Sudanese, it's for strength they choose to be Christian rather than Muslim. My mum was a Muslim but she became a Christian later.
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The only foreign policy advice I heard from China was when they said to Sudan, 'Don't go back to war.' That's all they said. They didn't push anything else.
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Music moves my emotions because music loosens me up.
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I grew up in poverty. For 25 years I was fed on aid.
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