K'naan Quotes

I've never wished for people to recognise me or anything.

I've never had much notoriety. It's fine with me.

I'm in a great position now where I've got recognition. I'm not recognized too much.

Art isn't held with the same high regard as it is after success. In any country, in any language, you're a loser if you're making music until you prove otherwise.

We're not aware of fame itself, we're not that kind of band.

I would rather my films be well-known than I be well-known.

I don't have any desire to be better known.

I'm probably the least famous of any guy who's worked as much as I have.

Sometimes I'm surprised people even know who I am.

I'm not complaining if my work is getting more recognition than me.

I'm not a massive artist by any stretch of the imagination. Yes, I've been in papers and magazines, but you never have any idea if anyone actually reads it or pays any attention.

I think the Oscar is the big money award; that means you've made it in a money sense. The Tony has always represented - to me, and most actors that I've talked to - an artistic award. It means you're an artist and not just a popular performer.

I certainly don't consider myself famous.

My music's gotten much more famous than me.

I didn't find fame particularly difficult, partly because I'm proud to be able to say I'm the most unrecognisable face in pop.

In my mind, I don't really see myself as being famous. I just think my work is being exposed to a bigger audience.

I don't need a lot of attention. I'd much rather have the work be famous than the face be famous.

I've never sought to be known or recognized by people.

I don't think I'm that recognizable.

The life of fame was never meant for me.

I don't want to be known as somebody that everybody knows about.

I've been lucky in the sense that I haven't become famous.

Marilyn Monroe never sold a platinum album. And more people know my music than what I look like.

You never make movies for Oscars.

I never wanted to be a celebrity; I never wanted to be famous. And in my daily life, I work really hard to not trade on it in any way.