Any piece of art, when you're putting it on a certain platform, if the platform becomes a political place, you can manipulate things.

Nike is the uniform for kids all over the world, and African design has been killed by Nike. Africans no longer want to wear their own designs.

If you narrow the playing field, the next generation has less to put out, to eat and regenerate from.

I named my first album after my dad because I wanted to find him. My second album was named after my mom because I felt like I learned all my creative talents I learned from her.

When I came to England in '86, my first week of school was terrible because I would put my hand up to answer things, and no one would choose me because they couldn't say my name.

I never pigeonholed myself - the only reason you'd want to pigeonhole is to monetize your business and, as a person, I don't see the importance of doing that. My music took off above the rest of those things: You can just make a song, put it on a CD, and get it out to all these people.

Before the Greeks were the Tamils. The Tamils are one of the oldest civilizations thats still surviving.