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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! ”

Politics is politics; art is art. If you play a political role, you have to stop being an artist. ”

I don't really see myself as an actor. ”

I really want to bring the message of love that is Islam to people; bring something new to that familiar face. ”

I love meeting interesting people and doing things with them. ”

I respect music, I do. I love it. ”

I have to protect my family and have a life with them that is completely private. ”

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

I think that Sufism fits all over the world. The concept is not anything that fits standard Western ideas - it's always related to culture, to music, to religion. It is a dominant religion in Senegal. ”

I think people should know more of Africa in terms of its joie de vivre, its feeling for life. In spite of the images that one knows about Africa - the economic poverty, the corruption - there's a joy to living and a happiness in community, living together, in community life, which may be missing here in America. ”