The curious beauty of African music is that it uplifts even as it tells a sad tale. You may be poor, you may have only a ramshackle house, you may have lost your job, but that song gives you hope.

The record company's worst fear is that you'll fall in love or get rich.

I thought you said it was easy, listening to your heart. I thought you said I'd be okay. So why am I breaking apart.

Being rich and famous seems to have its ups and downs. That's the price you pay for being troubadours and clowns.

I think I deliberately sold out a couple of times. I picked the songs that I thought would do well in the marketplace, even though I didn't really love the song.

I thought that young bands like Oasis had learned from our mistakes. Instead, they are irresponsible and arrogant. They act like hooligans. They are a load of shit to me.