Music is powerful. It is the only thing that can speak into your mind, your heart and your soul without your permission.

- Emmanuel Jal

I am proof that one person can rise above any challenge, and if I can, then so will others if they are given the chance.

- Emmanuel Jal

I'm rapping in English but in an African way. I'm not trying to sound like an American.

- Emmanuel Jal

I'm still a soldier, fighting with my pen and paper for peace till the day I cease.

- Emmanuel Jal

Only a coward will use a gun to protect and get respect for themselves.

- Emmanuel Jal

Education is the only solution for peace.

- Emmanuel Jal

The worst people on earth are not only those who commit evil, but those who stand by and turn a blind eye

- Emmanuel Jal

Peace may be negotiated by politicians, but it is something written in hearts and minds not on pieces of paper

- Emmanuel Jal

I grew up in poverty. For 25 years I was fed on aid.

- Emmanuel Jal