Yannick Noah

“When one sings, one does not speak about the problems of the every day. One speaks about the things which inspire us, which helped us.”

“In the villages in Europe, there are still healers who tell stories.”

“The important thing is staying together if you want to do something special.”

“You arrive at a village, and in this calm environment, one starts to hear echo.”

“Downtown, one has less time. But there are in Europe much people who have the faith, in South America, too.”

“People judged my work without to have listened to it.”

“I always traveled. I left Cameroon when I was 11 years old. I lived in the USA, in Switzerland.”

“I felt the weight of the past at the beginning of my career of singer.”

“I believe in Karma. If the good is sown, the good is collected. When positive things are made, that returns well.”

“I did not support any more New York. I lived 10 years there, and after September 11, I felt very European. I did not share the opinion of people in the street, who were deeply influenced by what they heard in the media.”

“Arthur Ashe had been the first black athlete to play Johannesburg at the time of apartheid.”

“Your child is happy. What else could you want?”

“Being in the stands is very difficult. I was never playing but I am nervous watching, waiting.”

“In black Africa, one does not strike, one does not express, one walks right.”

“We have a saying in France. A dog doesn't make a cat.”

“At one time, I was persuaded to want to make music, and people answered me that that was not possible.”

“To take part in this brothel through the payment of my taxes, that had become to me unbearable.”

“Cracked was a very short warrior, whereas Marley was a pacifist warrior.”

“It made me hungry. I feel like I'm in a program that really helped me individually as a player. I feel like I'm with a group of guys that are like my best friends.”