They had always told me that I wrote like a man.

For us Africans, literature must serve a purpose: to expose, embarrass, and fight corruption and authoritarianism. It is understandable why the African artist is utilitarian.

Humans, not places, make memories.

There are powerful forces undermining progress in Africa. But one must never underestimate the power of the people to bring about change.

Time by itself means nothing, no matter how fast it moves, unless we give it something to carry for us; something we value. Because it is such a precious vehicle, is time.

People are worms, and even the God who created them is immensely bored with their antics.

No matter what anybody says, we can't have it all. Not if you are a woman. Not yet.

the best way to sharpen a knife is not to whet one side of it only. And neither can you solve a riddle by considering only one end of it.

Ghana is like a lion without a head

Politicians are easy to attack, but frankly, we are all guilty of not meeting the needs of Africa's young people properly.

Once in a while I catch myself wondering whether I would have found the courage to write if I had not started to write when I was too young to know what was good for me.

The joy we feel has little to do with the circumstances of our lives and everything to do with the focus of our lives.

Usually when I write lyrics I try to read a lot and listen to a lot of other stuff. Some of my favourite lyricists are like Lou Reed, kind of the classics - Bob Dylan and stuff like that.

The mob rushes in where individuals fear to tread.

I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks.

I knew that I had a following here in England, and if I came over here maybe I could cultivate it, but I never dreamt it would be as great as it has been.

To the liberal ideas of the age must be opposed the moral ideas of all ages.

So actually, there could be parents-of-the-parents-of-the-parents-of-the parents?

As long as we stick together , we can smash the sadness

Earlier we used to play with snakes, but now we play with mouse. Through IT, India's youth has surprised the entire World!

Multiculturalism, if its logic is fully played out, is the ideology of national suicide.