In politics, sometimes you have to lie, or you make a promise that you cannot keep.
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 love meeting interesting people and doing things with them.
Politics is politics; art is art. If you play a political role, you have to stop being an artist.
When the slaves left Africa, they left us this music. They left us blues.
World music is about taking things from different places and bringing them together - which is great.