Senegal needs to free itself, to rediscover its democracy.

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

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

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.

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

Senegal needs a renaissance.