83 Quotes by Angelique Kidjo

As long as you are happy with your life, you'll have less problems.

Doing an album is like having a business card; to show people what you do. The most important thing to me is the stage. I do albums because I love the stage.

As long as music of mine is not used to preach hate, or to bash women, it's okay for me. If it doesn't promote violence against women, drugs, this and that, use it, go ahead.

You cannot be defined by your skin color, where you come from. The world is yours, embrace it.

There are people who refuse to say that Africa is a continent, but that doesn't remove the fact that it is a continent.

What we have to learn from the women of Africa is that every day is worth living.

If you don't trust the roots of the modern music in Africa, then there's hope for that music at all.

I want to look at myself in the mirror at the end of my life and say I've done my share and I'm proud of what I've done.

I am a storyteller with my music. And my story, nobody gonna tell it for me.