I can assure you that I have never used my media companies for propaganda, and I will never do so.

I respect music, I do. I love it.

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.

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.

Music in Africa often contains messages. Music in Senegal, and Africa, is never music for music's sake or solely for entertainment. It's always a vehicle for social connections, discussions and ideas.