67 Quotes by Emmanuel Jal

Music moves my emotions because music loosens me up.

Music - it's the only thing that can enter your system, your mind, your heart, without your permission.

I was shocked when I came to New Orleans. I never knew there were beggars on the streets here. I didn't know that there were poor people. I thought this was Heaven, you know?

When I first went to school, I was fighting all the time. The soldier mentality was still in me. I kept getting expelled. I found it hard to take instructions from anyone who wasn't a military commander.

War destroys people's souls. Most people focus on physical injuries, but the invisible injuries can take a lifetime to heal and affects the lives of generations to come.

What music does to me, it helps me balance my inner pressure so that I can deal with the forces outside that are trying to pressure me.

Rap music is amazing, it's beautiful. But the problem is the lyrics. The person who writes the lyrics - that's the problem.

Young people are so brave when they go to fight.

The wealthiest Sudanese don't know what war is. Their children are safe in school.