People say that slaves were taken from Africa. This is not true: People were taken from Africa, among them healers and priests, and were made into slaves.

The biggest problem in South Africa is that we have a disrupted timeline. Historically, politically, spiritually, economically, in people's minds, in people's heads.

When people say that George Harrison made me famous, that is true in a way.

Nobody in Africa loves to be a beggar or a recipient of aid. Everywhere I go in Africa, people say, 'When are we going to stand up on our feet?'

People say I'm henpecked. Well, let them say it.

People say I've had brushes with the law. That's not true. I've had brushes with overzealous prosecutors.