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.
I respect music, I do. I love it. - Youssou N'Dour
I respect music, I do. I love it.
- Youssou N'Dour
Africa is the future. - Youssou N'Dour
Africa is the future.
I want to use my music to deliver a political message and sometimes to denounce, but I don't want to be a politician. - Youssou N'Dour
I want to use my music to deliver a political message and sometimes to denounce, but I don't want to be a politician.
Malaria kills and its main victims are children and women. We can stop this scourge so people can live with dignity and go to work and school. - Youssou N'Dour
Malaria kills and its main victims are children and women. We can stop this scourge so people can live with dignity and go to work and school.
Travel teaches as much as books. - Youssou N'Dour
Travel teaches as much as books.
People need to see that, far from being an obstacle, the world's diversity of languages, religions and traditions is a great treasure, affording us p… - Youssou N'Dour
People need to see that, far from being an obstacle, the world's diversity of languages, religions and traditions is a great treasure, affording us p…
I don't really see myself as an actor. - Youssou N'Dour
I don't really see myself as an actor.
In the West, you have always associated the Islamic faith 100 percent with Arab culture. This in itself is a fundamentalist attitude and it is mistak… - Youssou N'Dour
In the West, you have always associated the Islamic faith 100 percent with Arab culture. This in itself is a fundamentalist attitude and it is mistak…
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 veh… - Youssou N'Dour
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 veh…
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