I was approached by Oxfam to go to Mali as their ambassador and get involved in their various initiatives out there. But I felt that was missing the point of using me, a musician

Danger Mouse is now working on a bunch of other records, translating his ideas about remixing into all sorts of other projects.

I used to go to work and take heroin in the studio and then stop when I came home.

When you're doing a deal with someone in the southern Sahara, it's a very different way of doing business than in London. You can't sign them in the usual way because they'd end up getting ripped off, which would defeat the object of setting up a label like this

The best way to get to know Africa is to go there and see what it is. To know somewhere that crazy and that magnificent, you have to spend some time among people, the rhythm of their lives.

I've always known I'm incredibly special. All my life. You know? It's not a big deal.

More and more, cultural groups are cross-pollinating, and we're getting much more interesting art as a result.