I'm an optimist about other people. I'm not an optimist about myself.

I am one of those people that's never been really cynical about life, you know.

Somalis really are very musically sophisticated, and they're about their own thing.

I'm not about trying to get and get and get. I feel good when I get, but I kind of feel better when I give.

My question about my art and my music has always been, 'Am I good, or am I good because?' I'm not the artist who wants to have the 'because' attached.

The people of Somalia just do not have a voice. They are to me the most forgotten people in the world.