I'm an African bringing my culture to the Western world. But I use technology and rhythm and blues and jazz and rock. I make it easier for you by combining your tools with mine. But then some will say the music is not pure.

It is an issue of attitude change. You cannot preserve cattle and let your children die.

This continent - that's where my inspiration comes from.

We have to stop the vulnerability of losing lives so stupidly. We have the capacity. We have the brains, yet we behave like new-born kids.

We Africans have to be able to deal with our problems. Help from outside is alright, but we have to learn to be responsible for our own attitudes.

Go to Harlem! We call it Little Senegal now. Wherever I go, Africa is in my roots.