Words matter. These are the best Jain Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I thought it was beautiful to be able to forgive and give love and to fight only with flowers. So I created the idea of a ‘Souldier,’ which is like an army guy but fights for love.
Making music you can dance to is very important to me.
Well, the thing is I always listened to American music way more than French music.
I’m from a little town from the south tip of France, to be able to play in Coachella and meet other artists from all over the world and to connect with people that I love from my hometown is something amazing.
I always write about something that moves me.
I quietly work with my computer on the tour bus, and then I wait to make my more natural rhythms when I get home.
Sometimes you meet people that try to explain to you your work, and how to write a song and how to sing it, and they explain that you are doing it the wrong way. And yeah, it’s always super frustrating.
I could never imagine ever in my life that I’d be on the side of The Louvre.
Moving to Dubai at age 9 and then the Congo, they were two completely opposite countries. But that brought me to music and taught me things that I never would have learned otherwise. And it was always about the rhythm in those two countries – that’s why I love them.
We shouldn’t be scared of love.
For me to have the opportunity to learn the darbuka and the tabla in Dubai, it created my own thoughts for music.
I was always playing with whatever I could get under my hands, making rhythm with it, which was natural for me, because my parents were listening to a lot of African music.
My music would be very, very different if I haven’t traveled.
My music was about travelling a lot and connecting with other people, and English is the voice of travelling.
Sometimes people stop me on the street and they say ‘when are you going to make the next ‘Zanaka’ and it’s what I really didn’t want to do.
When I was little, I was listening to the Beatles, Bob Marley, Janis Joplin, and stuff. I had a big soul music culture, and not so much a French one.
When I like an artist, especially a female artist, I really try to support.
I’m from the Southwest, and in the Southwest of France, you’re not supposed to love Paris.
My favourite place was in The Congo. It’s where I began to write songs and build myself as an adult.
When I travel I always try to see shows from a local group, and with the Internet it’s important to have a global vision of music.
Going to the U.A.E. for the first time was a real cultural shock. Everything was different. People didn’t speak my language, it was all new, a huge change. But I loved it.
You may hear from my fabulous accent that I’m French!
It’s really important because it’s how you present yourself to people, and for me it’s an act of respect, you know? To get dressed for the people who came to the show.
At 16 I was living in the Congo, and, you know, it’s your teenage time. I really wanted to find a way to express myself, so I started to write songs in the Congo, and I think that’s why my music is quite open, with a lot of different influences.
Cultural appropriation is a big problem, but the thing is, I didn’t invent my life. I really lived in Africa.
