Youssou N'Dour Quotes

I want to use my music to deliver a political message and sometimes to denounce, but I don't want to be a politician.

Youssou N'Dour

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I think I began to like writing a lot more, and to be a better writer, when I did it for a while alone. It made me a little more confident about my style.

Patricia Marx
- Writing
- Alone
- Style
I don't study; I create.

Viktor Korchnoi
- Study
- Create
You can go down the list of great artists and kind of understand that they are products of their environment. Whether it's U2 or Henry Rollins or myself or Johnny Lydon, they're gonna be products of their environment.

Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam
- Great
- Myself
- Environment
I always loved all kinds of music. I would watch musicals a lot as a kid, on TV, watch the Fred Astaire movies. I'd watch 'The Wizard of Oz.' I was a big Jerry Lewis fan, and they'd have these big bands and someone singing - some siren, or some guy singing some gorgeous song. I was always enamored of that style of music.

Queen Latifah
- Music
- Guy
- Song
I deserve attention not because of any talent, but just because of who I am.

Zsa Zsa Gabor
- Attention
- Talent
To understand something, whether we are aware of it or not, depends on choosing a model. We get to understand what we see by comparing it with something else, something that we think we understand better. But what we compare it with turns out to have a huge influence on the outcome.

Iain McGilchrist
- Think
- Model
- Better