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• ‟ 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.

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• ‟ Western music is Bach, Handel and Schubert. It's good music, cleverly done. As a musician, I can see that.

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• ‟ Jazz was the beginning of rhythm music, which developed into rock and roll. But what the jazz musicians lost because they were so far from their homeland was the intricate rhythms of African music.

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• ‟ By the time I finished school, I found out I wasn't qualified to study anything but music.

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

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• ‟ Classical music gives musicians a kick. But African music gives everyone a kick.

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• ‟ My music has never been a failure.

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• ‟ I'm playing deep African music.

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• ‟ 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.

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