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 like to go to old versions and find out what effect beats and scales have on your body, how they can transport you.

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

I think where you play is important.

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 the origins of music have probably to do with magic and transcendence as well.

In some traditional African dances, people wear masks in order to become the embodiments of particular spirits. I have heard that they often cover the mouth-piece with spider webs or something that resonates, so that their voice gets distorted, ceasing to be the voice of a human and becoming representative of a voice that comes from another world.