Swedish - Musician | October 7, 1990 -
I sing because it soothes me, and I write because I want to let others know that they're not alone with their problems.
Seinabo Sey
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We moved to Gambia from Sweden when I was six years old because my dad was from there. It was definitely a culture shock.
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I had a hard time when I came back to Sweden and started school, because I looked different. And we moved to a really small town on the west coast of Sweden, and there were no brown people around. It didn't really get any better until I started music school at about 10 years old.
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I got along with mostly everyone, but music school does that to you. We had to sing in a choir all the time, so we had to get along with everyone.
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I remember Alicia Keys and Usher had released a song called 'My Boo,' and my music teacher got me to sing a duet with a friend of mine, and I remember being so nervous because I loved to sing, but I could never fathom singing by myself. And when I did that, I remember how proud I was of myself. I was 12.
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It was the part of Gambian culture where they give each other advice a lot, how they're always comparing things in order to get a message across... that really influenced the way I write.
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By the second time I sang by myself in school, I just realized that I was more in control of my environment than I had ever been before.
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I suddenly got used to that feeling of being in control, which I never, ever feel when I'm not onstage - a feeling that you're the master of your own universe.
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Sometimes it might seem like I'm using my songs to give other people pointers. But mainly, they're for me, just little notes to myself that I collected, and the wisdom that I've read. I give myself a lot of advice.
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