I think entertainment is a perfectly noble occupation.

Sometimes language is not enough.

The closer you get to the source, the more you begin to understand its essential nature.

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 where you play is important.

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