I heard someone from the music business saying they are no longer looking for talent, they want people with a certain look and a willingness to cooperate. I thought, that's interesting, because I believe a total unwillingness to cooperate is what is necessary to be an artist — not for perverse reasons, but to protect your vision. The considerations of a corporation, especially now, have nothing to do with art or music. That's why I spend my time now painting.

White rhythm is waltzes, marches, and the polka. In Africa, rhythm is used for a celebratory groove, but white rhythm doesn't have such an enormous vocabulary of spirits. It's basically militant.

To enjoy my music, you need depth and emotionality.

I was anti-intellectual to the nth. Basically I liked to dance and paint, and that was about it.

I don't know who I am but you know, life is for learning.

I paint my joy and I sing my sorrow.

I always thought the women of song don't get along, and I don't know why that is.