Whatever obstacle comes your way, you gotta be prepared to jump over it! And I think that’s what separates the legends from the regular artists. It’s all in how you manage that success, and how you deal with the controversy when it actually comes. Akon Read Quote
I always want to set myself a challenge by doing something no-one would expect me to do! But, having said that, I don’t feel as a musician you can steer too far away from what you normally do. Akon Read Quote
Melody has a certain way that it projects back to you. It triggers certain nerves in your body and certain instincts that normally wouldn’t be triggered by a normal voice. Akon Read Quote
I just like music all the way around the board. I can’t stick to one thing – I’ve got to move around. Akon Read Quote
Any album that you pick up of mine, you know it’s an Akon album. The guests are very limited, and you get to really feel the experience. You get the Akon experience when you get the albums. I always want to make sure that stays the way it is. I don’t want to flood the album to where you lose focus on why you bought it. Akon Read Quote
While I’m here, I’m gonna milk it for all I can, so when I’m no longer hot – and I know that day is coming – I will step over here and enjoy everything I’ve created up to this point. The music is just opening all these doors, so I can relax. Akon Read Quote
I’m a polygamist. I can afford to have as many wives as I can afford to have. All Africans believe in it. My dad has four wives. Akon Read Quote
That’s my actual payment, the fact that I can actually make something that I actually enjoy and put on repeat, and it’s not related to anything else or anyone else’s thoughts and ideas, it all came from me; I just love that aspect of it. Akon Read Quote
My ideas come when I least expect it, so I’ve always got to have a studio nearby or close by somewhere. Akon Read Quote
