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.

For me, each time I'm on stage, each time I'm working on a new album, it's like a dream. I can't believe it's happening.

I used to play guitar for myself and write lyrics and listen to different styles of music.

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.

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

I've been in contact with music since I was four or five years old through my father, because of the interest he had in music and all his musical skills. I finally managed to make that my profession.

Going back and forth between Western Arabic and African countries clearly created the various musical backgrounds I could have and obviously influenced my professional attitude, my way of approaching both music composition and singing, particularly phrasing.