Without an audience, all your dreams will not come true at all, because you need an audience to write new songs and continue to do music.

American audiences don't react in the same way as European ones to African music because, I think, Europeans listen to this music through all the festivals that exist here.

I don't think I'm unique or that I'm trying to do something unique, but I feel it is something I would like to hear. This kind of music I would like to listen to but I can't hear very often.

The audiences are really different in general. Even in the same country or in the same city, from one venue to another, the audiences can be totally different.

I can introduce new parts because when you are on stage in front of a very happy audience or people who love what you are doing, you are able to do extraordinary things that you yourself didn't think you could do before.

We need self-confidence in our ability to build Africa. I trust in Mali and I trust in music.

You can be a star here in Europe and not be known at all in the United States.