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

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.

Traveling changed my personality and gave me ability to do the music I do and to think in a certain way that everything can be possible.

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.

I can change the arrangements on stage while I am playing or singing, doing signs to the musicians to change things because the audience is dancing or singing with us. That's the interesting part of the live show, actually, because everything is possible and everything can change.

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.

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