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.

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 always make the joke that I go home, to one of my homes, to go and do laundry so I can go on the road again.

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.

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've got to where I am in life not because of something I brought to the world but through something I found - the wealth of African culture.