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.

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

In my view, Africa's real problems are cultural.

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

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

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

I've always stood on one fact - that all over the world, there are only two things, the Establishment and the poor people. The poor people are a massive majority and across the world they are exploited in different kinds of ways. The Establishment depends on exploiting raw materials and the poor.