Everything is a blessing to me.

The moment artists can just do what they love to do then music will go right back to where it used to be. I mean back in the ’60s and ’70s and ’80s, that’s what it was.

What I remember the most really was just running wild there. Barefooted, swimming in dirty lakes, selling fruit, picking mango trees, hoping not to get caught because they don’t take kindly to thieves in Africa.

I just like music all the way around the board. I can’t stick to one thing – I’ve got to move around.

Melody has a certain way that it projects back to you. It triggers certain nerves in your body and certain instincts that normally wouldn’t be triggered by a normal voice.

I love to just go to the movies, watch movies, listen to the scores and all that ’cause that’s, like, the next step for me.

It’s always the music first for me. But if the music isn’t selling, there isn’t gonna be no business. So you gotta make sure music is always the first priority.

My ideas come when I least expect it, so I’ve always got to have a studio nearby or close by somewhere.

I always want to set myself a challenge by doing something no-one would expect me to do! But, having said that, I don’t feel as a musician you can steer too far away from what you normally do.

I don’t want to know I’m getting older. Then I’ll start to think about getting checkups and insurance. I don’t want that.