Keinan Abdi Warsame (K'naan) Quotes
My question about my art and my music has always been, 'Am I good, or am I good because?' I'm not the artist who wants to have the 'because' attached.
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If you're thin-skinned, you don't belong doing what I do for a living.
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In 2005, I had one more year of college left, and I was taking a summer class in Barbados. I got discovered in the airport on my way back and started modeling at the beginning of my senior year at Bucknell.
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Any woman who wishes to smash into the world of men isn't very feminine.
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Bigotry toward any faith community cannot have any place in civilized society anywhere in the world.
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I can't predict whether I'll leave here freely or in handcuffs.
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As a free-speech advocate, I believe that adults should have access to any material they want. As a parent, and a community member, I think people should be able to protect their homes from imagery - much of it violent - that is, I feel, a form of child abuse when adult society inflicts it upon children.
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When I was a kid, I wanted a Chanel bob and bangs. My mom said no. I went to the salon anyway, and they said, 'No way - we are not going to do that to your hair.' So I did it myself. Big mistake. Instead of my bangs going down straight, they were sticking up like a cat. It was horrible.
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I don't watch television. I'm not a TV guy.
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I find the whole situation of confronting an audience terrifying.
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As a viewer, the minute I start getting confused, I check out of the movie. Emotionally, I'm severed.
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Wanting to be a good actor is not good enough. You must want to be a great actor. You just have to have that.
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I like to feel that all my best photographs had strong personal visions and that a photograph that doesn't have a personal vision or doesn't communicate emotion fails.
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You learn to control every aspect of your muscles, your face, your toes, your fingernails. And that is how you tell a story, through movement.
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All I remember is the last time I played a videogame, it was Space Invaders.
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I see myself as a composer who plays music and likes to play with other people, and not just as a solo artist.
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I do yoga, I do Bikram and I run, and I eat really healthy.
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Sometimes I'll have an idea for a story or have a subject, and that will inspire lyrics, but most of the time, hopefully, they already exist somewhere else.
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In fact, because of their connection to the land, farmers do more to protect and preserve our environment than almost anyone else. They are some of the best environmentalists around.
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It is time to return to core values, time to get back to basics, to self-discipline and respect for the law, to consideration for the others, to accepting responsibility for yourself and your family - and not shuffling it off on other people and the state.
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I am interested in mathematics only as a creative art.
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I have never met a person in whom I did not see myself reflected.
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More and more investors may be coming into markets everywhere but that doesn't mean that the markets are really getting more and more efficient, even in the United States. It does mean that there is more access for savvy investors who watch the money flows.
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My question about my art and my music has always been, 'Am I good, or am I good because?' I'm not the artist who wants to have the 'because' attached.
