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Checkout quotes by Youssou N'Dour on Music

• ‟ I grew up with reggae music.

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• ‟ Music in Africa often contains messages. Music in Senegal, and Africa, is never music for music's sake or solely for entertainment. It's always a vehicle for social connections, discussions and ideas.

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• ‟ I respect music, I do. I love it.

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• ‟ Music is a language.

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• ‟ I think that Sufism fits all over the world. The concept is not anything that fits standard Western ideas - it's always related to culture, to music, to religion. It is a dominant religion in Senegal.

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

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• ‟ When the slaves left Africa, they left us this music. They left us blues.

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• ‟ When I'm in Senegal, I can't just sit in isolation making music. People need my help. And the Senegalese people helped create my music. It comes from the country itself.

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• ‟ World music is about taking things from different places and bringing them together - which is great.

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• ‟ My music is like a spinning ball. It can turn in one direction, and then it comes back to origins.

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