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

Malaria kills and its main victims are children and women. We can stop this scourge so people can live with dignity and go to work and school.

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

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

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!

Travel teaches as much as books.