It was not my dream to be an artist. How could it have been? I thought, artist, much like a leader, was something you either were or weren't. Never something you set out to be.
More Quotes by K'naan
The people of Somalia just do not have a voice. They are to me the most forgotten people in the world.
I have moments of darkness, of anger, and moments of rage. They do creep up at the most inopportune times. Not to recognize that in my music would give people a sense of sainthood that I don't necessarily have or even want to have.
You have to let the world speak to you and then you speak, you know, so I'm in that moment now where I'm finding the world's voice.
I faced quite a few challenging times, and in front of those, I was more positive than some people not facing those conditions. I'm actually of the belief now that it is that struggle that offers you that open-hearted hope.
I'm writing from a place of - a center of authenticity, somewhere that only I know how to write from.
I'm an optimist about other people. I'm not an optimist about myself.