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

Africa has been troubled for a long time - well, the world has been troubled ever since I was born.

All my experiences removed geography from my world.

The Afro-American experience is the only real culture that America has. Basically, every American tries to walk, talk, dress and behave like African Americans.

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.

When I left South Africa in 1960 I was 20 years old. I wanted to try to get an education, and music education was not available for me in South Africa.

To tell you the truth, man, we spend most of the time travelling in hotels, in festivals, in concert halls, clubs, airports. The most unenjoyable part is all the security at airports.