My life had been defined by the apartheid years. Now we were going into an era of democracy... and I believed that I didn't really have a function as a useful artist in that anymore.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
All of my life had been spent in the shadow of apartheid. And when South Africa went through its extraordinary change in 1994, it was like having spent a lifetime in a boxing ring with an opponent and suddenly finding yourself in that boxing ring with nobody else and realising you've to take the gloves off and get out, and reinvent yourself.
Together we have travelled a long road to be where we are today. This has been a road of struggle against colonial and apartheid oppression.
I liberate minds with my music. That's more important than liberating a few people from apartheid or whatever.
Yes, I learned history at school; I know everything about apartheid. My dad, he bought the books about it, stuff like that. But I just move on with my life. It's completely different for me.
While apartheid was in operation, the set-up was a gift for writers if you were looking for a big theme.
I've never doubted that apartheid - because it was of itself fundamentally, intrinsically evil - was going to bite the dust eventually.
I'm fascinated by how much has changed from one generation to another. There are young people growing up now for whom apartheid is just a distant memory and the idea of military service is an abstract notion.
One can't erase the tremendous burden of apartheid in 10 years, 20 years, I believe, even 30 years.
When I talk about the end of apartheid, I prefer not to claim the honor that I have ended it.
I played an integral part in helpings formulating that new vision... that we must abandon apartheid and accept one united South Africa with equal rights for all, with all forms of discrimination to be scrapped from the statute book.