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

African music, though very old, is always being rediscovered in the West.

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.

You are damned and praised, or encouraged or discouraged by those who listen to you, and those who come to applaud you. And to me, those people are very important.

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.

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.