"Music has a great power over your body and that’s why my message is that people should truly feel music."
"If you look at where I come from – I am Berber, the indigenous people of North Africa. We have a completely different way of looking at music, everything is energy. We use music to heal, open up or celebrate."
"When I write music and lyrics, I don’t think if people are going to like it, I feel it instead. Those are the things that just go out of me."
"Singing is a powerful and uniting tool when it comes from a sacred place."
"I want you to set yourself free because music is freedom."
"I try to create music that connects to my soul as well as to others."
"I might not be able to change anything but music is a powerful force."
"What I’m doing right now, I’ll be doing it until I die. Music is my calling."
"To me music is healing. You know when you’re pissed off or have had a bad day, and you listen to music to forget about it. Music has a power and that is why I named my album Heal."
"To me music means freedom. It is important that people feel something when I sing. Doesn't matter if it is happiness or sadness as long as they feel..."
"Music is a big part of how my Moroccan family spend time together. Everybody can sing or play an instrument. It’s a huge part of the Moroccan tradition."
"I’m not a hipster, I do not want to belong to any elite group that sees themselves as more. I’m an artist, I’m the people’s artist. If someone says I’m something different, I’m just getting mad."
"Earlier I was processed, tweaked, packaged. I was choking. I need to flourish. I want to give something to myself and others with my music. Something bigger and more important than the superficial. What else is the meaning of all this?"
"When I’m on stage I usually end up in some sort of trance. The only thing that exists is me and the audience."
"There’s strong energy that goes out from me when I sing and comes back from them, in a cycle of give and take. I want to create an energetic, sharing create atmosphere in audience."
"On the stage I will become even more myself, you will come closer to me as a human being. That’s the way I communicate – with music."
"Standing on stage is strongly associated with a big fat ego, but to me it’s the platform I can communicate on to reach out and inspire others."
"Everything you see on the stage is me."
"I love to see people in the eyes and sing for them."
"What I loved the most was to stand in dark rooms with great acoustics – churches, tunnels, metro stations. When the ceiling is so high that your vocals echo. I sang, and it became my refuge."
"I want to create an energetic, sharing create atmosphere in audience. Music either closes or opens up things inside you, it makes you think, it makes you feel, and in my music I always focus on what I can open up in me and in the audience."
"When you perform on stage at your concert and you feel that you are connected with the people, that is above all studio work or above all other things that I have experienced. It puts me in a trance like condition on stage while I'm performing... it's very special."
"Creativity is one of the most important portals to happiness and a true understanding of life."
"There is no rules in creativity. You can sing and dance however you want to. There is no rules."
“Creativity heals the Soul!!!”
"Through my creation, I want to change and use my art to it. It’s my biggest driving force."
"Creating is to evolve from one's own thoughts or imaginations, as a work of art."
"You don’t want to come back in the same form. I am a creator and you create all the time and discover new forms."
"I never strived to be the center of attention or an public figure as an artist, I just wanted to perform and create."
"As a creator, you are very sensitive, you are open in the heart when you create."
"I have to change something. I’m a creator.”
"Take a look at artists when they create, something like a painting for example. They go in a zone, where the creator just forget about time and room."
"When I create, I have to be present. It’s like my creativity comes from the same core. While I love being around others, I need my alone time for balance and to not lose my footing."
"It's actually from life and people. That's where I get my inspiration from. I'm very much interested in people. And that is one of the main reasons why I do what I do. If it wasn't for my audience wanting to watch me perform on stage, I wouldn't sing. I believe I have something to give and that is what keeps me going now and moving on."
"I am inspired by things happening around me, the people I meet."
"Relationships inspires me, destructive, positive or neutral ones, what ever! I don't think everything else is interesting."
"Sometimes just a sound will inspire me. I can record that sound on my computer and start tweaking it."
"I love to have different influences and styles. It is wonderful to just skip all rules be open for options. A little like being bisexual, but with music."
"As a child I felt helpless for not being able to act, but now I have the tools and an ability to influence."
"There is depth in everything if you choose to see it."
"We artists can inspire other people. We can shift our focus elsewhere. So maybe we can reflect the fears we have. Because I think we all think about it."
"I’m fond of that whole hippie era. And I’m also fascinated and attracted by intelligence. Different eras inspire me, the 70’s, rock, but I also like Japanese culture and their attitude, the minimalism and discipline."
"My true character is – I’m a Berber! I’m power. This turned out to be quite a contrast to what many thought I was after Euphoria."
"It’s when you don’t compromise that you’re living your truth."
"The truth about myself is the key to my salvation."
"You can do whatever you want. As long as you stay true to yourself."
"I don't want to lay on my deathbed feeling like I faked my whole life."
"Things change all the time, I change. I think the most difficult thing has been to see that very many people are disappointed, because things aren't what they used to be before. But I'm always me."
"I don't want to be complete or content. There is no such thing as perfect."
"What I always strive for is to be as free as possible, and in balance with myself. That I’m true with what I want and what I do."
"I don't give a damn about cred, as long as I stand true to myself."
"We can only experience freedom when we let go of our fears and dare to be who we really are."
"My aim is to unite people in the thought that there is much more to life than the materialistic aspects."
"Look around and try to understand the complexity of how everything works, how we’re created and who you meet in your life. It’s too big to be a coincidence!"
"The biggest difference between now and then is that I stand for my strength today. I used to hold it back in order not to be perceived as too strong or too much. I'm in another place now, today I stand for my strength and I am proud of it."