Western record companies haven't always dealt with African musicians in the best way. Giving them a lot of money and telling them they're going to be bigger than Phil Collins is the wrong way to do it!

Islam is a peaceful religion.

Senegal needs a renaissance.

Senegal needs to free itself, to rediscover its democracy.

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.

Africa is the future.

In politics, sometimes you have to lie, or you make a promise that you cannot keep.