“World music is about taking things from different places and bringing ...” — Youssou N'Dour Quote

“World music is about taking things from different places and bringing them together - which is great.”

“My music is like a spinning ball. It can turn in one direction, and then it comes back to origins.”

“I don't want to see that two-tier Senegal, that two-tier Africa, when you have those at the top and those at the bottom, people who are hungry, people who do not have enough to eat.”

“'My Country, My Music' is about bringing music in languages like Tamil, Telegu, Kannada, Malyalam, and Marathi together. It's about bringing musical genres together, different scenarios in which music is displayed in our country in one show.”

“Especially in the realm of bringing an opportunity to do something creative to people, as I said, who wouldn't ordinarily have that opportunity. I think that's very important.”

“For the past 10 years, people have been making fun of the eighties. Why are we bringing them back?”