In a lot of African instruments, you find a rattle, and sound engineers have a hard time making sense of it.

I think it's quite jarring and exciting when you see someone in the thrall of being completely transported by the music they're sharing with you.

I don't want to copy the people I admire - I'd rather find out what inspired them and try to find my own way through it.

I am very sensitive to music, so I can quite easily allow myself to access that space in which I am completely taken over. And you can get quite a reaction out of the crowd when you do that.

I think what a lot of people forget is that a lot of the music in the '60s and the '70s was made in the spirit of daring, spontaneity, and adventure, so the minute all that sinks into this sense of a classic form, it has lost its spirit.

One of my interests is to understand what constitutes the vibe of a place and what makes one concert different from another.

In a lot of African instruments, you find a rattle, and sound engineers have a hard time making sense of it.