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.

I really want to bring the message of love that is Islam to people; bring something new to that familiar face.

I love meeting interesting people and doing things with them.

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

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

I don't really see myself as an actor.

The question of modernization is central to disturbances in the Middle East and in Africa. Everyone is after modernization, no matter where they come from. But you have to be careful about it, and more importantly, you have to have sense about it.