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 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 do understand the perspective of die-hard fans who complain that we don't play the same as the record, but at the same time I think fans are getting an amazing deal.

I think entertainment is a perfectly noble occupation.

In Western classical music the idea of holiness, purity, perfection, and total beauty is expressed through clarity of sound - a bell-like sound. Obviously, that has its own place, and it's a beautiful way of doing it. But I don't think I am the first to point out that in Africa, the more buzzing the sound is, the more it indicates the other world - the spirit world.

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.