Africa is not just about where you are born. For me, Africa is the whole continent; from south to north, to east to west.

I never use someone just because they are great musicians. I work with people who have the same kind of feeling towards the music that I do, and the subject that I'm speaking of at that time.

If you don't trust the roots of the modern music in Africa, then there's hope for that music at all.

Don't say that you are a victim if you let somebody manipulate you.

Don't let anyone define you from what you live through and everything that they think you stand for. Just be proud of who you are.

I want everybody to be happy because, if you're happy, you are more open to other people. Don't let misery bring you down.

If you're on stage and you're more concerned about your dress, and then you think that the public is accessory, you got nothing to do there.