Quotes from K'naan

My question about my art and my music has always been, 'Am I good, or am I good because?' I'm not the artist who wants to have the 'because' attached.

It was interesting to find how dominating American vision is all over the world. I think there's something to be said about the world's mindset and its economics and all of that, and I think it affects the way we see ourselves and it affects music.

It was not my dream to be an artist. How could it have been? I thought, artist, much like a leader, was something you either were or weren't. Never something you set out to be.

When I get older, I will be stronger They'll call me freedom, just like a Wavin' Flag

To reach your goal authentically is probably, in the end, going to mean much more to you than having reached it in a false way.