When I'm in Senegal, I can't just sit in isolation making music. People need my help. And the Senegalese people helped create my music. It comes from the country itself.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Music in Africa often contains messages. Music in Senegal, and Africa, is never music for music's sake or solely for entertainment. It's always a vehicle for social connections, discussions and ideas.
We need self-confidence in our ability to build Africa. I trust in Mali and I trust in music.
In Africa, music is for everything, Music was originally used for community. That was what music was for.
I am consciously not trying to bring in World Music elements. The ways that I work and feel are completely different in how they sound than someone playing the Kora in Africa would play it.
Going back and forth between Western Arabic and African countries clearly created the various musical backgrounds I could have and obviously influenced my professional attitude, my way of approaching both music composition and singing, particularly phrasing.
The way we do music in Brazil is very different because we are so moved by music; we grow up with that.
My mum is from Ghana, and she used to play highlife music in the house, and my dad used to listen to music.
There are a few countries that, for whatever reason, really enjoy listening to my music.
The African people and tribal chiefs are hospitable, and African music and dances are invigorating.
I've always been interested in any kind of great music, and African music is, I think, the source of it all.
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