BBCNEWS HARDtalk December 22, 2021 04:40:00
Because music doesn't really lend itself to the idea of having those same limitations that you have in normal communication, because of the world being so politicised. which i didn't realise as well. i was thinking as you were talking there, i was thinking, music doesn't know racism. well, music does know racism in the way it's practised and the way people respond to particular forms of music, to musicians — they bring their cultural attitudes with them. so in 1990s london, when your career was beginning to take off, were you finding it a place with open doors or some closed doors? well, i t...