I don't think what I do is influenced by suffering. I come from a talented people who are prolific in music and dance.

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

My biggest obsession is to show Africans and the world who the people of Africa really are.

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.

I am a forward-looking person and live in the moment to build for the future.

I had to run away from home in order to be a musician. Because I came from a family of... my father was a health inspector; my mother was a social worker. And I was pretty smart in school. So they expected me to be some kind of academic - schoolteacher, or doctor, lawyer - and they were very disappointed when I told them I wanted to be a musician.

I lived for music since I could think.