Doing an album is like having a business card; to show people what you do. The most important thing to me is the stage. I do albums because I love the stage.

Don't let anyone define and decide for you fate.

We cannot hurt ourselves just for the sake of it. When you hurt somebody you hurt yourself. Down the line, the ripple of it comes back to you.

What we have to learn from the women of Africa is that every day is worth living.

I don't care about skin the color, everybody is a human being. Beneath every skin color, you bleed red. That's just the bottom line of the truth.

I don't like the idea of something being pure. It means we have to be perfect, I don't want to be perfect.

The music of the westerner comes from Africa, whether they like it or not. The majority of the instruments of the music, of the pop music, rock and roll, or R&B, hip hop, whatever it is, their roots trace back to Africa. So if you are black, white, yellow, or red, whatever you do, it doesn't matter, because your DNA is back in Africa.