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 …

- 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 wr…

- 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 fes…

- Rokia Traore

We need self-confidence in our ability to build Africa. I trust in Mali and I trust in music.

- Rokia Traore

Going back and forth between Western Arabic and African countries clearly created the various musical backgrounds I could have and obviously influenc…

- Rokia Traore

It's a great experience just to understand that finally being well known is not the most important thing.

- Rokia Traore

When you are able to make a living with your job as an artist, that means you have an audience and you have to thank this audience.

- Rokia Traore

I prefer simple things - monotone melodies repeating the same things all the time. Because I think life is like that.

- Rokia Traore

The interesting thing for me is to put together all my influences and all my experiences I got through my traveling with my father.

- Rokia Traore