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• 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.

  Rokia Traore

  Successful, Thinking, Stressed

  Interview with Stephen M. Deusner, pitchfork.com. March 6, 2009.

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• I used to play guitar for myself and write lyrics and listen to different styles of music.

  Rokia Traore

  Writing, Guitar, Play

  Interview with Stephen M. Deusner, pitchfork.com. March 6, 2009.

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• 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.

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  Father, Careers, Able

  Interview with Stephen M. Deusner, pitchfork.com. March 6, 2009.

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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.

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  Dream, Mind, Singing

  Interview with Stephen M. Deusner, pitchfork.com. March 6, 2009.

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• 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.

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  Thinking, Personality, Way

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• 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.

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  Guitar, Years, Missing

  Interview with Stephen M. Deusner, pitchfork.com. March 6, 2009.

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• Of course the folk guitar is the one I play very often, but I wanted a more electric sound.

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  Guitar, Play, Sound

  Interview with Stephen M. Deusner, pitchfork.com. March 6, 2009.

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• 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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  Country, Unique, Thinking

  Interview with Stephen M. Deusner, pitchfork.com. March 6, 2009.

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• 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.

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  Unique, Thinking, Trying

  Interview with Stephen M. Deusner, pitchfork.com. March 6, 2009.

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• 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.

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  Thinking, Musical, Important

  Interview with Stephen M. Deusner, pitchfork.com. March 6, 2009.

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

  Rokia Traore

  Important, Important Things

  Interview with Stephen M. Deusner, pitchfork.com. March 6, 2009.

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• I can change the arrangements on stage while I am playing or singing, doing signs to the musicians to change things because the audience is dancing or singing with us. That's the interesting part of the live show, actually, because everything is possible and everything can change.

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  Dancing, Interesting, Singing

  Interview with Stephen M. Deusner, pitchfork.com. March 6, 2009.

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