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.

Age is wisdom if one has lived ones life properly.

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

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

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.

I have to go and say farewell to all the countries that I have been to, if I can. I am 73 now, it is taxing on me.

And why is our music called world music? I think people are being polite. What they want to say is that it's third world music. Like they use to call us under developed countries, now it has changed to developing countries, it's much more polite.