50 Quotes by Youssou N'Dour

In politics, sometimes you have to lie, or you make a promise that you cannot keep.

Politics is politics; art is art. If you play a political role, you have to stop being an artist.

When I'm in Senegal, I can't just sit in isolation making music. People need my help. And the Senegalese people helped create my music. It comes from the country itself.

The question of modernization is central to disturbances in the Middle East and in Africa. Everyone is after modernization, no matter where they come from. But you have to be careful about it, and more importantly, you have to have sense about it.

I have studied at the school of the world.

My father used to tell me about how musicians don't have respect from people and he was afraid about my future.

I don't really see myself as an actor.

I have to protect my family and have a life with them that is completely private.

I really want to bring the message of love that is Islam to people; bring something new to that familiar face.