“Going back and forth between Western Arabic and African countries clearly created the various musical backgrounds I could have and obviously influenced my professional attitude, my way of approaching both music composition and singing, particularly phrasing.” WayCountryAttitudeSingingWesternMusicalVariousBackgroundsMy WayCompositionBack And Forth Author:Rokia Traore
“Traveling changed my personality and gave me ability to do the music I do and to think in a certain way that everything can be possible.” ThinkingWayCertainAbilityChangedPersonality Author:Rokia Traore
“There are some things around us that are not actually useful. I didn't know that before. It's very new for me to understand. That became my way of writing: I can see also the new myself.” KnowsWayWritingI CanMy Way Author:Rokia Traore
“You can't be unique any way. Music is made from seven notes. You will always come back to something. Even if you think you are unique, you will come back to something that existed before you were doing what you are doing.” IfsThinkingWayMadeMusic IsUniqueNotesSeven Author:Rokia Traore
“American audiences don't react in the same way as European ones to African music because, I think, Europeans listen to this music through all the festivals that exist here.” ThinkingWayAudienceMusic IsFestivalsAfrican Music Author:Rokia Traore
