There are three things I was born with in this world, and there are three things I will have until the day I die-hope, determination, and song.

I look at the past and I see myself.

I'm not a politician; I am a singer. Long ago, they said, 'That one, she sings politics.' I don't sing politics; I merely sing the truth.

I have one thing in common with the emerging black nations of Africa: We both have voices, and we are discovering what we can do with them.

In New York I heard A Piece of Ground, written by a white South African, Jeremy Taylor. I modified it a little and sang it myself. That song is very special to me because it deals with the land question in southern Africa. We were dispossessed of our land.

And I believe that it becomes a troubled continent because there are those who must always cause confusion so that we do not keep these natural resources.

In the mind, in the heart, I was always home. I always imagined, really, going back home.