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.

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

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.

All my experiences removed geography from my world.

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.

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

When people campaign for positions, they promise people all kinds of things.