Everybody now admits that apartheid was wrong, and all I did was tell the people who wanted to know where I come from how we lived in South Africa. I just told the world the truth. And if my truth then becomes political, I can't do anything about that.

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.

If given a choice, I would have certainly selected to be what I am: one of the oppressed instead of one of the oppressors.

I titled the album Reflections because I am reflecting on my music career.

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

It's a really unfair world because life is, where I am; all day long we listen to American music. So I don't see why the radios in the U.S. cannot even put aside one hour a day just to play music that is not American.

Girls are the future mothers of our society, and it is important that we focus on their well-being.