My legacy is not only about legacy, it's about how we as a human family learn to live together within our difference.

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.

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.

The richness of Africa, culturally, is vast. That's the challenge that we have to face, because most of the time, people in the western world, their attention span is really narrow.

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.

I am a storyteller with my music. And my story, nobody gonna tell it for me.

As far as I'm concerned, no human being should be, absolutely not, put in the category of color.