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.

Africa has her mysteries, and even a wise man cannot understand them. But a wise man respects them

I do not sing politics. I merely sing the truth.

People in the United States still have a 'Tarzan' movie view of Africa. That's because in the movies all you see are jungles and animals . . . We [too] watch television and listen to the radio and go to dances and fall in love.

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

Age is wisdom if one has lived ones life properly.

I look at the past and I see myself.