Be Careful, Think About The Effect Of

And Why Is Our Music Called World Music? I Think People Are Being Polite. What They Want To Say Is That It's Third World Music. Like They Use To Call Us Under Developed Countries, Now It Has Changed To Developing Countries, It's Much More Polite.

He [belafonte] Was A Good Teacher And Looked After Me. He Said, 'you Have Such Great Talent, You Must Try Not To Be A Tornado - Be Like A Submarine. It Was Good Advice When I Found Myself Speaking At The Un Committee Against Apartheid And Then The Un General Assembly.

I Titled The Album Reflections Because I Am Reflecting On My Music Career.

There Are Three Things I Was Born With In This World, And There Are Three Things I Will Have Until The Day I Die-hope, Determination, And Song.

I Didn't Have Much, But I Was Always Happy To Share What I Did Have. It Seemed Like Every African That Came To New York City Would Show Up At My Apartment Door At Dinnertime, And I Couldn't Turn Them Away. I Wasn't Much Older Than Any Of Them, But They Started Calling Me 'mama Africa' And The Name Stuck.