Rokia Traore Quotes

Going back and forth between Western Arabic and African countries clearly created the various musical backgrounds I could have and obviously influenced my professional attitude, my way of approaching both music composition and singing, particularly phrasing.

Rokia Traore

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality:
  • Birth: January 26, 1974

Topics

AttitudeMusicSingingProfessional

We're not just making 'Marco Polo,' we're living it. Because we traveled to Venice... Kazakhstan... into the jungles of Malaysia.

John Fusco

TraveledLivingVenicePoloJust

It's a hard thing to be an artist and not give up.

Robert Hilburn

ArtistHardUpGiveHard Thing

There are people who marry themselves. Somebody wanted to marry a tree. People marrying their pets.

Jeffrey C. Mateer

TreePeoplePetsSomebodyWhoMarry

We get talent and scale from mergers.

Angela Braly

TalentMergersGetScale

I'm not a big fan of introducing a bunch of new mysteries into a story without really knowing where they're going because you just end up struggling at the end to make sense of them and make it all seem like you planned it all along.

Jeff Lemire

StoryEndYouNewKnowingWithout

I write poems like some people sing in the bathroom.

Amit Bhatia

PeopleBathroomWriteSome People

Teachers have been some of the most important people in my career.

Sigrid

PeopleCareerImportantTeachers

When I was 20, the idea of having a play on anywhere was just beyond my dreams.

Tom Stoppard

DreamsPlayBeyondJustIdeaHaving

I love San Francisco; it's very hard to compete with San Francisco when it comes to availability of product, but one thing you can't replace about Las Vegas or Miami is people are walking in the door and they want to have a good time.

Michael Mina

LoveGoodTimePeopleDoorMiami

I cannot live without flowers everywhere. I grew up having a big garden, the size of a city block, in Rombas.

Mireille Guiliano

LiveCityFlowersGardenSizeBig

We've observed that people who stall in their personal growth work often have counterproductive soft addictions that stand in their way of growth and having the life they say they want. It can be a simple thing, such as watching TV instead of finishing a project.

Judith Wright

LifeWorkGrowthSimplePeopleWant

So long as new ideas are created, sales will continue to reach new highs.

Dorothea Brande

IdeasReachLongNewWillSales

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