Emmanuel Jal Quotes
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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'm still a soldier, fighting with my pen and paper for peace till the day I cease.
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Young people are so brave when they go to fight.
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There's no pride in having been a child soldier.
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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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I'm constantly seen as a 'foreigner,' and I need my passport to prove my identity, to keep moving and to carry on my work.
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When people know you've been a soldier, they judge you: you are a thief, a lost boy.
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Only a coward will use a gun to protect and get respect for themselves.
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When you see a Sudanese walking on the street, there is a story.
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Music - it's the only thing that can enter your system, your mind, your heart, without your permission.
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A cold heart is my protection mechanism. I don't really feel anything for anyone.
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War destroys people's souls. Most people focus on physical injuries, but the invisible injuries can take a lifetime to heal and affects the lives of generations to come.
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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.
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I grew up in poverty. For 25 years I was fed on aid.
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I don't know anywhere where the people are hungrier for education than South Sudan.
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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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The wealthiest Sudanese don't know what war is. Their children are safe in school.
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I am proof that one person can rise above any challenge, and if I can, then so will others if they are given the chance.
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We lack role models who can inspire our young people to make change.
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When you don't educate the people, you're crippling them. You are, you're not giving them ways to survive.
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When I was in south Sudan, people used to rap in my village. But the rapping was more in the mother tongue, Nuer.
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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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In Africa, music is for everything, Music was originally used for community. That was what music was for.
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If you really kill, you don't want to talk about it.