“I could have been more famous if I did all the glitzy things, but celebrity always seemed so unnecessary.”

“In Kenya women are the first victims of environmental degradation, because they are the ones who walk for hours looking for water, who fetch firewood, who provide food for their families.”

“To the Kenyan families, school doesn't really matter because none of them are going on to college. Almost all of drop out of school and so, they're spending their time learning things that are important to them.”

“When resources are degraded, we start competing for them, whether it is at the local level in Kenya, where we had tribal clashes over land and water, or at the global level, where we are fighting over water, oil, and minerals. So one way to promote peace is to promote sustainable management and equitable distribution of resources.”

“When making music I sink myself into the process as deeply as I can and forget all of the success.”

“The writing of a melody is an emotional moment success doesn't make it easy.”

“Fame and success are very different things.”

“The success of Watermark surprised me. I never thought of music as something commercial it was something very personal to me.”