I'm in a state of my life when the essential is very important to me. I don't like long songs with complicated arrangements and breaks anymore.

There are some things around us that are not actually useful. I didn't know that before. It's very new for me to understand. That became my way of writing: I can see also the new myself.

The fact of playing an instrument and singing... that I can try to make my dream of singing and becoming a professional musician come true is linked probably to the fact that I traveled a lot, which gave me an open mind and an ability to push my limits.

Of course the folk guitar is the one I play very often, but I wanted a more electric sound.

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 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.

The interesting thing for me is to put together all my influences and all my experiences I got through my traveling with my father.