Eventually, with success, I started to feel more and more isolated - like I didn't have a community of artists.

All the news of home you read, more about the war and of bloody changes.

I have one piece of music, since 1997, and I don't see it having lyrics. Where does it go in this world? So I haven't recorded it.

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.

Lazy reviewers look up other people's reviews and they write the same thing, so you get people writing crap based on crap.

Richard got married to a figure skater, and he bought her a dishwasher and a coffee percolator.

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.