Politics is politics art is art. If you play a political role, you have to stop being an artist.
Youssou N'Dour
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The only thing I have no control over is the politics that goes on within the record company. It's always been the same, but it's far tougher now, because record companies are run by financial people before, they were run by creative people. -
I am an Anglo-Catholic in religion, a classicist in literature and a royalist in politics. -
So long as we have enough people in this country willing to fight for their rights, we'll be called a democracy. -
The message that I gave on the - on the steps today was that you need to stand for those things that are right and empower the individual. Believe in the power of one person. Don't believe that you can't do it. Everybody wants - everybody wants a shot. That we can all agree on. Beyond that, it becomes politics. I'm not talking politics. -
We mean by 'politics' the people's business - the most important business there is.
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