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" I respect music, I do. I love it. "

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" Senegal needs a renaissance. "

" 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. "

" I think that Sufism fits all over the world. The concept is not anything that fits standard Western ideas - it's always related to culture, to music, to religion. It is a dominant religion in Senegal. "

" I grew up with reggae music. "

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" My music is like a spinning ball. It can turn in one direction, and then it comes back to origins. "

" 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. "

" In the West, you have always associated the Islamic faith 100 percent with Arab culture. This in itself is a fundamentalist attitude and it is mistaken. "

" Islam is a peaceful religion. "

" Africa is the future. "

" My father used to tell me about how musicians don't have respect from people and he was afraid about my future. "

" I really want to bring the message of love that is Islam to people; bring something new to that familiar face. "

" I look at my people, and I look at those who control them - the political elite. And the sad thing is that the elites are just not interested in the welfare of the people. "

" I'm a modern Muslim. I pray, and if I have a question, I ask someone who is more educated in the religion than me. "

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" I don't want to see that two-tier Senegal, that two-tier Africa, when you have those at the top and those at the bottom, people who are hungry, people who do not have enough to eat. "

" I think people should know more of Africa in terms of its joie de vivre, its feeling for life. In spite of the images that one knows about Africa - the economic poverty, the corruption - there's a joy to living and a happiness in community, living together, in community life, which may be missing here in America. "