My influences are jazz, blues, European classical music; they are rock music and pop music. So many kinds … - Rokia Traore

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There have been at least three other cases in which federal agencies have succeeded in placing fake news reports on television during the Bush presidency. It was a really good tour. It seemed maybe about a week too long.

Rokia Traore

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.

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

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

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I'm in a state of my life when the essential is very important to me. I don't like long songs with complicated arrangements and breaks anymore.

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I can introduce new parts because when you are on stage in front of a very happy audience or people who love what you are doing, you are able to do extraordinary things that you yourself didn't think you could do before.

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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.

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