Music must awaken people to do their duty as citizens and act.

The rhythm, the sounds, the tonality, the chord sequences, the individual effect of each instrument and each section of the band - I'm talking about a whole continent in my music.

I'm playing deep African music.

The art, the greatness of the music, the experience of the music is what I'm about. I think most African artists have destroyed their artistry by commercialization, and I don't want to belong to that bag.

The human spirit is stronger than any government or institution.

My message was 'Think African. Make schools read African history.'