It's a great experience just to understand that finally being well known is not the most important thing.
Rokia TraoreThere are some things around us that are not actually useful. I didn't know that before. It's very new for me to understand. That became my way of writing: I can see also the new myself.
Rokia TraoreGoing back and forth between Western Arabic and African countries clearly created the various musical backgrounds I could have and obviously influenced my professional attitude, my way of approaching both music composition and singing, particularly phrasing.
Rokia TraoreOf course I am stressed after I finish working on an album about what an audience will think, if it will be successful or not.
Rokia Traore