Without an audience, all your dreams will not come true at all, because you need an audience to write new songs and continue to do music.
Rokia TraoreOf course the folk guitar is the one I play very often, but I wanted a more electric sound.
Rokia TraoreMy father was not able to get all the vinyl he used to listen to with me. He couldn't travel as he did it because of his profession as a diplomatic career.
Rokia TraoreI wanted to come back to the guitar after three albums and almost 10 years. I started to miss this instrument and I wanted to come back to the guitar.
Rokia TraoreMy influences are jazz, blues, European classical music; they are rock music and pop music. So many kinds of music. World music from different countries like India and China. I think that would be a shame not to take advantage and do something... not unique, because I don't have this pretension.
Rokia Traore