India is Gandhi's country of birth; South Africa his country of adoption. He was both an Indian and a South African citizen. Both countries contributed to his intellectual and moral genius, and he shaped the liberatory movements in both colonial theaters. He is the archetypal anticolonial revolutionary. His strategy of noncooperation, his assertion that we can be dominated only if we cooperate with our dominators, and his nonviolent resistance inspired anticolonial and antiracist movements internationally in our century.

The colored folks been singing it and playing it just like I'm doin' now, man, for more years than I know. I got it from them.

I have always loved and avidly read the novels of Jack London, Jules Verne and Ernest Hemingway. The characters depicted in their books, who are brave and resourceful people embarking on exciting adventures, definitely shaped my inner self and nourished my love for the outdoors.

I'll never be Bob Dylan. He's the master.

If I could go back in time and see any band, It would be Link Wray and the Raymen.

I used to read a lot of Steinbeck, and I admired Roger Miller and Bob Dylan.