“I wasn't making music consciously when I was younger. I was a musician...” — K'naan Quote

“I wasn't making music consciously when I was younger. I was a musician, but that has its own stigmas. Anywhere on the planet, it's one of the more undervalued positions.”

“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.”

“The poetry I grew up on is really an intense form of poetry; it's so pure and powerful.”

“I really wanted to be a musician, but it turned out I had no sense of time.”

“People find it hard to understand how I can risk ruining my career as a musician by injuring myself on the slopes, but I've always been a tomboy.”

“My husband is a musician, and 'Paste' is one of his favorite places to be interviewed by.”