I'm Not A Politician; I Am A

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

In The West The Past Is Like A Dead Animal. It Is A Carcass Picked At By The Flies That Call Themselves Historians And Biographers. But In My Culture The Past Lives. My People Feel This Way In Part Because Death Does Not Separate Us From Our Ancestors.

In The Mind, In The Heart, I Was Always Home. I Always Imagined, Really, Going Back Home.

I Look At A Stream And I See Myself: A Native South African, Flowing Irresistibly Over Hard Obstacles Until They Become Smooth And, One Day, Disappear - Flowing From An Origin That Has Been Forgotten Toward An End That Will Never Be.

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.