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

I want to use my music to deliver a political message and sometimes to denounce, but I don't want to be a politician.

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

I respect music, I do. I love it.

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

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 don't really see myself as an actor.