I don't really see myself as an actor.

World music is about taking things from different places and bringing them together - which is great.

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.

I have studied at the school of the world.

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

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

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