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.

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

I just came from South Africa, a place that had been in a perpetual uprising since 1653, so the uprising had become a way of life in our culture and we grew up with rallies and strikes and marches and boycotts.

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

I lived for music since I could think.

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

I think it is incumbent on all human beings to oppose injustice in every form.