My children think I'm the perfect father, but I try to bring them up to know that, 'when you are old enough you will find some faults in me, so keep an open mind.'

I will never put anybody before my family because your family is your family.

I believe in the Creator. I don't believe the creator is God. If you change G-O-D the other way, it becomes dog.

Africans should be talking and ask questions, like why does America and Russia have the right to veto votes? These countries talk about democracy and yet are not democratic themselves.

Who knows why I had to go through what I had to go through to produce the kind of music I produce today, to be one of the greatest Africans playing music, who knows?

When I die, I want to see Malcom X, Lumumba, my father, and I want to be able to look them in the eye

Looking deeper into African way of life, it wasn't religious; it was spiritual. When you go into spiritualism, spiritualism will teach you about virtues, how to be patient, humble and kind.

Spirituality is when we can't explain everything in life, totally. So, we have a spiritual meaning for it; we don't know why we are here really.

We need to teach our children history, right from the primary school level, for them to better understand the issues. In my son's school they don't teach history.

Someone asked me what legacy I wanted to leave and all my answers were so long that I even bored him. I said I don't care. Why should I? I will die someday. So if you like, remember me.

I know I trust people too much, although I try to be a bit firm, but it is a fault that we have learnt from my father.

All dwarfs have beards and wear up to twelve layers of clothing. Gender is more or less optional.

Life is a game that you win when you solve the puzzle of yourself.

Self distrust is the cause of most of our failures. In the assurance of strength there is strength and they are the weakest however strong who have no faith in themselves or their own powers.

I don't know where we got the notion that God wants us to suffer. Every living thing tends toward the good or we would have been gone a long time ago.

We exist to serve our community. That's the most important mind-set to maintain.

I have moved to a smaller house in Paris, and I don't fancy having so much staff now.

Virtually all of the civil laws in all of the world's societies are based on what humanity, in the earliest days, believed to be God's Law.

I like a lot of bass players. I like a lot of tuba players too.

I think you only see experiences as defining moments with distance.

Life changing repentance begins where blame shifting ends.