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Rokia Traoré (born January 26, 1974) is a Malian singer, songwriter and guitarist.

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The fact of playing an instrument and singing. . . that I can try to make my dream of singing and becoming a professional musician come true is linked probably to the fact that I traveled a lot, which gave me an open mind and an ability to push my limits.

Dream, Fact, Linked, Mind, Singing

For me, each time I'm on stage, each time I'm working on a new album, it's like a dream. I can't believe it's happening.

Dream, Believe, Albums, Working, Like, Stage

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

Life Is Like, Melodies, Repeating, Simple, Think, Thinking

My influences are jazz, blues, European classical music; they are rock music and pop music. So many kinds of music. World music from different countries like India and China. I think that would be a shame not to take advantage and do something. . . not unique, because I don't have this pretension.

Countries, Country, Different, Music, Thinking, Unique

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

Experiences, Father, Interesting, Thing, Together

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 festivals that exist here.

African Music, American, Festivals, React, Think, Thinking

We're repeating the same things all the time; there aren't many new things happening in this life.

This Life, Happenings, New Things, Repeating, Things, Same

At the beginning of the tour, I arrange the live show exactly like the album, but of course from one audience to another, from one venue to another, it can become longer.

Albums, Shows, Venues, Like, Album, Venue

I don't think I'm unique or that I'm trying to do something unique, but I feel it is something I would like to hear. This kind of music I would like to listen to but I can't hear very often.

Kind, Listen, Think, Thinking, Trying, Unique

My father was not able to get all the vinyl he used to listen to with me. He couldn't travel as he did it because of his profession as a diplomatic career.

Able, Careers, Father, Profession, Travel, Vinyl

The most important thing is to be happy myself with what I am doing.

Happy, Important, Important Things, Thing

Going back and forth between Western Arabic and African countries clearly created the various musical backgrounds I could have and obviously influenced my professional attitude, my way of approaching both music composition and singing, particularly phrasing.

Country, Attitude, Musical, Obviously, Professional, Way

Of course I am stressed after I finish working on an album about what an audience will think, if it will be successful or not.

Stressed, Successful, Thinking, Working

Traveling changed my personality and gave me ability to do the music I do and to think in a certain way that everything can be possible.

Personality, Possible, Thinking, Traveling, Way

I wanted to come back to the guitar after three albums and almost 10 years. I started to miss this instrument and I wanted to come back to the guitar.

Albums, Guitar, Missing, Three, Years

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 back to something that existed before you were doing what you are doing.

Unique, Thinking, Way, Think, Seven, Existed

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

Important, Well Known, Great Experiences, Known, Understand, Thing

I don't know if it's due to my age, that I'm older now, [but] I love the essentials. I don't like the things around us that are a kind of mirage.

Age, Essentials, Kind, Know, Like, Mirage

I think about all these influences and musical cultures, then the opinion of the audience is of course important, but when I'm working on an album or a new project, I'm not all the time thinking about what the audience will think about it.

Cultures, Important, Musical, Thinking

Everybody does music from his culture and his experiences with his culture. There are not so many people who are interested by the music coming from different countries and different cultures and trying to make music from that, from all these experiences.

Country, Culture, Different, Interested, People, Trying

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