I don't think any musician ever thinks about making a statement. I think everybody goes into music loving it.

I've always stood on one fact - that all over the world, there are only two things, the Establishment and the poor people. The poor people are a massive majority and across the world they are exploited in different kinds of ways. The Establishment depends on exploiting raw materials and the poor.

In my view, Africa's real problems are cultural.

I always make the joke that I go home, to one of my homes, to go and do laundry so I can go on the road again.

I'm travelling more than ever. I don't have the answer as to why, but the demand seems to have grown as I've got older.

It's obvious that the rest of the world loves high African culture - African culture, period.

I grew up with protests, marches, demonstrations, struggle. But I come from a clan of community workers.