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

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.

As long as you are happy with your life, you'll have less problems.

Education is very political, because when you educate the people, then you have a country that you can't fool anymore.

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.

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

I'm a story teller. I really know how to tell stories of Africa.