I Do Not Sing Politics. I Merely

African Music, Though Very Old, Is Always Being Rediscovered In The West.

If Given A Choice, I Would Have Certainly Selected To Be What I Am: One Of The Oppressed Instead Of One Of The Oppressors.

For Instance, We're Always Fighting Amongst Each Other. Who Gives Us The Arms? And Then We Become Indebted To Wherever We Are Buying Them From - With What? The Very Resources We Need To Keep There.

I Look At An Ant And I See Myself: A Native South African, Endowed By Nature With A Strength Much Greater Than My Size So I Might Cope With The Weight Of A Racism That Crushes My Spirit.

In Those Years, When I Came To The States, People Were Always Asking Me Why I Didn't Sing Anymore. I'd Tell Them, 'i Sing All Around The World-asia, Africa, Europe-but If You Don't Sing In The Us, Then You Haven't Really Made It.' That's Why I'll Always Be Grateful To Paul Simon. He Allowed Me To Bring My Music Back To My Friends In This Country.