I don't get easily bored. I'm not that kind of person.
I am a reluctant celebrity, in some ways.
When you play arenas you can create whatever you want. At a theater the height of the stage and the limitations of the theater can make you feel more separate from the audience.
I've never associated myself with other singers, certainly not female singers.
When you tour, you regain the music and the connection with the audience.
Most of my lyrics are little stories about my experiences or those of my friends.
People are so used to having their lives filmed, they're not even conscious of having cameras around. I still have that sort of suspicion when a camera comes out. I view it as a thing to fear.
When I was young, people were almost identified solely by the kind of music they liked. People fell into categories of who liked what.
Radio interviews are really snappy and I'm just bad at that. I just close down.
I can't see myself just endlessly singing the same songs over and over again.
There isn't a class structure in Nigeria, there's a tribal structure and prestige as far as money is concerned.
My daughter and stepson are really broad-minded.
I love writing songs.
I look a lot like my father and his mother.
My father was a very difficult man.
London was a really multi-racial city ... It's incredible how comfortable people are with race there.
