Top 45 Quotes by Emmanuel Jal

I was shocked when I came to New Orleans. I never knew there were beggars on the streets here. I didn't know that there were poor people. I thought this was Heaven, you know?

When people know you've been a soldier, they judge you: you are a thief, a lost boy.

The first time I experienced war, I thought the world was ending.

Violence in Darfur is cataclysmic.

A lot of child soldiers lose their minds.

What music does to me, it helps me balance my inner pressure so that I can deal with the forces outside that are trying to pressure me.

Any child soldier has to go through a lot of love, care and understanding to become normal.

War destroys people's souls. Most people focus on physical injuries, but the invisible injuries can take a lifetime to heal and affects the lives of generations to come.

I'm constantly seen as a 'foreigner,' and I need my passport to prove my identity, to keep moving and to carry on my work.

When I listen to hip-hop, it's like no big difference how people sing in my village, 'cause bling would be their cow.