When the slaves left Africa, they left us this music. They left us blues.

In the West, you have always associated the Islamic faith 100 percent with Arab culture. This in itself is a fundamentalist attitude and it is mistaken.

Listen, a lot of religions have fundamentalists.

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

Africa is the future.

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

In politics, sometimes you have to lie, or you make a promise that you cannot keep.