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

With technology today you can sing like a frog and sound good. And then when you come on stage, what do you do. Some of those artists never toured, probably just hype.

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.

Telling my story is to empower people to believe in their own power. We have so much power individually.

There are people who refuse to say that Africa is a continent, but that doesn't remove the fact that it is a continent.

I refuse for anyone to tell me who I am because I know who I am.

From the moment you are clear in your vision of yourself and how you project that vision in your family, your community and in the world, that's all that matters.