I love meeting interesting people and doing things with them.

I think that Sufism fits all over the world. The concept is not anything that fits standard Western ideas - it's always related to culture, to music, to religion. It is a dominant religion in Senegal.

My music is like a spinning ball. It can turn in one direction, and then it comes back to origins.

I respect music, I do. I love it.

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'm a modern Muslim. I pray, and if I have a question, I ask someone who is more educated in the religion than me.

Senegal needs a renaissance.