Be careful, think about the effect of what you say. Your words should be constructive, bring people together, not pull them apart.

But if you are going to wear blinders then you do not know the world.

I look at the past and I see myself.

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

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

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

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.