My Thoughts Are Like Quick Little Fish

People In The United States Still Have A 'tarzan' Movie View Of Africa. That's Because In The Movies All You See Are Jungles And Animals . . . We [too] Watch Television And Listen To The Radio And Go To Dances And Fall In Love.

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.

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.

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