Mali is a very social society. We share everything. I think sharing our resources in music forces us to collaborate more, play with other people more, share ideas more.

Many people love my music. Many do not understand it. In general my music is more easily understood by younger people in Mali, and by people outside Africa.

Civilisation and the life of nations are governed by the same laws as prevail throughout nature and organic life.

The only disability that I have, is that I'm human.

Your old road is rapidly aging. Please get out of the new one If you can't lend your hand, For the times they are a-changin'.

Negativity doesn't help me.

The common notion that free speech prevails in the United States always makes me laugh.

In the postindustrial age, labor is seen as essentially uninvolved in the social process because there is no need for assertive labor.

If lifespan jumps by 30 or 40 years, that has enormous implications.

I've been married to one Marxist and one Fascist, and neither one would take the garbage out.

Hasn't there always been a moon?" "Bless you. Not in the slightest. I remember the day the moon came. We looked up in the sky - it was all dirty brown and sooty gray here then, not green and blue.

It'd be cool if God gave everyone a Do Over Day and you could yell "Do Over!" and the day would start new.