I know that I'm not Bruce Springsteen, ... But it was a symbolic statement that I wanted to make.

I look at my people, and I look at those who control them - the political elite. And the sad thing is that the elites are just not interested in the welfare of the people.

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!

I want to use my music to deliver a political message and sometimes to denounce, but I don't want to be a politician.

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

Travel teaches as much as books.