Arthur Ashe had been the first black athlete to play Johannesburg at the time of apartheid.
Yannick Noah

At one time, I was persuaded to want to make music, and people answered me that that was not possible.
Yannick Noah

Being in the stands is very difficult. I was never playing but I am nervous watching, waiting.
Yannick Noah

Cracked was a very short warrior, whereas Marley was a pacifist warrior.
Yannick Noah

Downtown, one has less time. But there are in Europe much people who have the faith, in South America, too.
Yannick Noah

I always traveled. I left Cameroon when I was 11 years old. I lived in the USA, in Switzerland.
Yannick Noah

I believe in Karma. If the good is sown, the good is collected. When positive things are made, that returns well.
Yannick Noah

I did not support any more New York. I lived 10 years there, and after September 11, I felt very European. I did not share the opinion of people in the street, who were deeply influenced by what they heard in the media.
Yannick Noah

I felt the weight of the past at the beginning of my career of singer.
Yannick Noah

In black Africa, one does not strike, one does not express, one walks right.
Yannick Noah


In the villages in Europe, there are still healers who tell stories.
Yannick Noah

It made me hungry. I feel like I'm in a program that really helped me individually as a player. I feel like I'm with a group of guys that are like my best friends.
Yannick Noah

People judged my work without to have listened to it.
Yannick Noah

The important thing is staying together if you want to do something special.
Yannick Noah

To take part in this brothel through the payment of my taxes, that had become to me unbearable.
Yannick Noah

We have a saying in France. A dog doesn't make a cat.
Yannick Noah

When one sings, one does not speak about the problems of the every day. One speaks about the things which inspire us, which helped us.
Yannick Noah

You arrive at a village, and in this calm environment, one starts to hear echo.
Yannick Noah

Your child is happy. What else could you want?
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