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It’s not longer ‘Look what I can do, I can do it better then you.’ It’s just I am  (Knaan Quotes) And any man who knows a thing, knows he knows not a damn, damn thing at all  (Knaan Quotes) I enjoy mediation. I think the artist’s position is often to mend the things we feel are broken. Whether that’s between two cultures or two thoughts. We’re always trying to reach, trying to expand something  (Knaan Quotes) I’m not about trying to get and get and get. I feel good when I get, but I kind of feel better when I give  (Knaan Quotes) It was not my dream to be an artist. How could it have been? I thought, artist, much like a leader, was something you either were or weren’t. Never something you set out to be  (Knaan Quotes) I think it’s a mistake to work on success in career. I’ve worked on my passions obsessively. How can I say what I want to say more precisely than the last time I said it? Success is such an elusive concept. When you work for it, I think you get it in a way you might regret it  (Knaan Quotes) Art isn’t held with the same high regard as it is after success. In any country, in any language, you’re a loser if you’re making music until you prove otherwise.  (Knaan Quotes) I have moments of darkness, of anger, and moments of rage. They do creep up at the most inopportune times. Not to recognize that in my music would give people a sense of sainthood that I don’t necessarily have or even want to have.  (Knaan Quotes) From the stage, I can reach a large audience, and you learn from being on stage how much a song reaches, what extent of the crowd a song can reach. I write in a way that can reach most of the audience, but I also wanted to have truly intimate moments as well, many intimate moments, more so than the big moments.  (Knaan Quotes) I faced quite a few challenging times, and in front of those, I was more positive than some people not facing those conditions. I’m actually of the belief now that it is that struggle that offers you that open-hearted hope.  (Knaan Quotes) It’s better to light a candle than to curse the dark In the eyes of the youth, there are question marks  (Knaan Quotes) The only way I see the world now is through coming out of and growing up and living in Somalia. In the time of war, everyone was basically trying to live and manage the best they could. But you also had another period which was not a hard time at all - it was just a beautiful time. I lived in both eras.  (Knaan Quotes)