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

I lived for music since I could think.

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

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

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

I think that anybody from the 20th century, up to now, has to be aware that if it wasn't for Louis Armstrong, we'd all be wearing powdered wigs. I think that Louis Armstrong loosened the world, helped people to be able to say "Yeah," and to walk with a little dip in their hip. Before Louis Armstrong, the world was definitely square, just like Christopher Columbus thought.