When I'm in Senegal, I can't just sit in isolation making music. People need my help. And the Senegalese people helped create my music. It comes from the country itself.

I really want to bring the message of love that is Islam to people; bring something new to that familiar face.

I love meeting interesting people and doing things with them.

Western record companies haven't always dealt with African musicians in the best way. Giving them a lot of money and telling them they're going to be bigger than Phil Collins is the wrong way to do it!

Politics is politics; art is art. If you play a political role, you have to stop being an artist.

I have to protect my family and have a life with them that is completely private.

Senegal needs to free itself, to rediscover its democracy.