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The formulation of sound national policy requires finding the right overarching concepts.

We deliberately used elements from Brazilian music and from African and Asian music. Now people can hear that but then it sounded so abstract, they couldn't hear it.

Sound strategy starts with having the right goal.

Now the identification of individual sounds by phonetic observation is an artificial way of proceeding.

People say that soundstage sets never quite look like reality. But actually, they can. They can be as real as you want as long as you pay attention to the kind of detail that is given for free in a real place.

We need self-confidence in our ability to build Africa. I trust in Mali and I trust in music.

I had a vision how it should sound and I put all my knowledge into this product and it is a fantastic product. People still tell me that I have the best musical thing there.

Since the age of 12, all my musical thinking has been influenced by Afro-American music.

It's really the sound of the voices, the sound of the words, the sound of the sound that we're interested in.

I don't think we'll ever use the same sound techniques.