The pirates are serving a purpose right now. They come from regions which have been completely ignored, and Westerners have tried to destroy these regions by their constant plundering of resources and by the illegal dumping of nuclear waste. The pirates really began in order to discourage these actions - initially. And then the business became lucrative.

I think it's a mistake to work on success in career. I've worked on my passions obsessively. How can I say what I want to say more precisely than the last time I said it? Success is such an elusive concept. When you work for it, I think you get it in a way you might regret it.

I'm not about trying to get and get and get. I feel good when I get, but I kind of feel better when I give.

And any man who knows a thing, knows he knows not a damn, damn thing at all.

When I get older, I will be stronger

You have to let the world speak to you and then you speak, you know, so I'm in that moment now where I'm finding the world's voice.

Somalis really are very musically sophisticated, and they're about their own thing.