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Youssou N'Dour Quotes

My music is like a spinning ball. It can turn in one direction, and then it comes back to origins.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality:
Birth: October 1, 1959

Topics

Music Direction Back Turn Spinning

I walked out of Spielberg's 'Lincoln' having such a thirst for more. It used such a microscopic albeit enormous event in American history. It used such a small piece of his presidency to illustrate him as a president through the lens of that event.

History Small American Lens More

I'm not one who can get by on six hours sleep night after night. You can see it on my face and hear it in my voice. When working 14-hour days, I have to go home, go to sleep, and wake up in time for crew call. I hate naps. They throw me off the rest of the day.

Home Time Hate Day Sleep Me

The single most important thing in a child's performance is the quality of the teacher. Making sure a child spends the maximum amount of time with inspirational teachers is the most important thing.

Inspirational Teacher Time Quality

A lot of work - unattributed, with no dollars - goes into taking care of kids.

Stephen Malkmus

Work Care Kids Dollars Taking Goes

The first need of a free people is to define their own terms.

Stokely Carmichael

People Free First Need Own Define

I never graduated high school; they had to change the Ivy League rules. During my tenure at Brown, I helped them become the number one Ivy League school.

Change School High School Rules High

From an egotistical point of view, I'm always interested in roles that push me as a person. I'm interested in humans as animals and as products of society.

Me Society Push View Point Of View

If you are too overwhelmed, then when you sit down and try to write something, it feels forced. There's nothing worse than forced music. I mean, this world has enough of that right now, where it's basically McDonald's making music. 'Everybody needs another hamburger and fries.' Here's a piece of crap that nobody's gonna care about it two years.

Music World Care Enough You Down

Sometimes when you've reached a peak experience, you look for other peak experiences... I'd always been interested in art. I was looking for other experiences outside of sports. Art was a form of expression I had always liked a great deal.

Sports Great Art Experience Looking

I give dating advice on a regular basis. It's not that I'm any expert, but it's always nice to share that with your friends.

Dating Advice Friends Nice Expert

The Re-Up Gang mixtapes are going down in history, man. I still listen to them in my car, and the 'Hell Hath No Fury' album. I tell people all the time that I'll never make another album like that one again. Never!

Car History Time Man People Hell

I live in L.A., so I go to basketball games. But I love baseball.

Love Live Baseball Basketball Go

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