“From the stage, I can reach a large audience, and you learn from being...” — K'naan Quote

“From the stage, I can reach a large audience, and you learn from being on stage how much a song reaches, what extent of the crowd a song can reach. I write in a way that can reach most of the audience, but I also wanted to have truly intimate moments as well, many intimate moments, more so than the big moments.”

“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.”

“I like to entertain the crowd. Personally I like to entertain my team-mates first, but when the crowd gets going, it is amazing.”

“See when the crowd's with you singing every word it's a mad feeling.”

“When you see your father playing in the first division, and you see players like Ronaldo with the crowd singing their names, you want that.”