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The world's a better place since I chose music.

I divide criticism into two categories - one coming from those who understand music, who are worthy of being critical because they are knowledgeable about what they are saying; and then there is another category of people who would criticise you anyway, whether your work is good or bad.

I seem to have secured some place in world of music and that's kind of all that really matters to me.

I am a musician, ya know; music is my world.

I'm a fan of music from all over the world.

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

Critics try to pin so many different inaccuracies on me and my music; they look at the complicated things and try to simplify them. They think they can nail your whole life down just by knowing the bare bones of your history in partaking in 10 minutes of conversation.

I guess music is very global.

Either you live by the barometer of the music critics, or you live by your own. I choose the latter.

My experience in the music industry made me very thick-skinned. Your art is something very personal and there's never a shortage of critics when it comes to art.