In black Africa, one does not strike, one does not express, one walks right.

You arrive at a village, and in this calm environment, one starts to hear echo.

I did not support any more New York. I lived 10 years there, and after September 11, I felt very European. I did not share the opinion of people in the street, who were deeply influenced by what they heard in the media.

Arthur Ashe had been the first black athlete to play Johannesburg at the time of apartheid.

When one sings, one does not speak about the problems of the every day. One speaks about the things which inspire us, which helped us.

In the villages in Europe, there are still healers who tell stories.

I believe in Karma. If the good is sown, the good is collected. When positive things are made, that returns well.