What I love about African-African music is how unselfconscious it is in so many ways. — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
I like African music but also R&B, rap, alternative rock, and classic. — Mousa Dembele Copy Share Image
I've always been interested in any kind of great music, and African music is, I think, the source of it all. — Jack Bruce Copy Share Image
African music, though very old, is always being rediscovered in the West. — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
The African people and tribal chiefs are hospitable, and African music and dances are invigorating. — Li Keqiang Copy Share Image
Sometimes I listen to rap music, sometimes reggeaton sometimes African music. Really depends on the mood that I'm in. — Serge Gnabry Copy Share Image
The thing is: Yes, I'm white and yes, I love African music, and I can't do anything about it. — Jain Copy Share Image
The curious beauty about African music is that it uplifts even as it tells a sad story. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I was drawn to West Africa. I did listen to a bunch of different styles of African music, and there was something… — Ludwig Goransson Copy Share Image
I didn't want to try and borrow kudos from Indonesian culture. I was trying to get a fresh perspective on these instruments.… — Squarepusher Copy Share Image
Trying to be really dark and alienating just felt exhausting to me, so I started going back to the music that I… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
My first introduction to African music was by my mother, who bought the 'Pata Pata' album by the great Miriam Makeba when… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I was able to learn a new language - a new musical language is learning a new language, because it's so extremely… — Ludwig Goransson Copy Share Image
My mother is half-French, half-Malagasy, so I've been listening to African music, like Malian and Congolese music, since I was a child. — Jain Copy Share Image
My training in music has been very eclectic - as first a flute player from classical chamber music to jazz, Greek, Brazilian… — Alexandre Desplat Copy Share Image
The basic success of the conga came from ...that basic principle of African music and dance: everybody participates. The conga eradicated the… — Ned Sublette Copy Share Image
I did not like that name "world music" in the beginning. I think that African music must get more respect than to… — Baaba Maal Copy Share Image
I would find myself being inspired by things that I've heard as a kid: Nigerian music or African music, some French music… — Burna Boy Copy Share Image
I stream this radio station, Radio Nova, that's based in Paris. They curate a beautiful set that's really all over the place… — Zoe Kravitz Copy Share Image
When I was very little, I was into Michael Jackson. At six or seven, it was Madonna, but she's not what she… — Lykke Li Copy Share Image
As far as being an African artist, my inspiration has been the fact that I'm a part of the generation that will… — Iceberg Slim Copy Share Image
I feel like kids that grew up in New York City or in L.A. were exposed to all these subcultures and subgenres,… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
I will never again play anything that does not have social significance. We American jazz musicians of African descent have proved beyond… — Max Roach Copy Share Image
Flamenco is connected with so many types of music. It has Jewish culture inside, Arabian culture inside, Russian culture inside, Spanish culture… — Rosalia Copy Share Image
“Most people write me off when they see me. They do not know my story. They say I am just an African.… — idowu koyenikan Copy Share Image
Classical music gives musicians a kick. But African music gives everyone a kick. — Fela Kuti Copy Share Image
The curious beauty of African music is that it uplifts even as it tells a sad tale. You may be poor, you… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Jazz was the beginning of rhythm music, which developed into rock and roll. But what the jazz musicians lost because they were… — Fela Kuti Copy Share Image
I've been informed by both sides, jazz, western music, Asian music, African music, all sides, because I've been interested in the sound… — Joseph Jarman Copy Share Image
It's great to see Latino music coming to the mainstream, but at the same time, there are also a lot more styles… — Jonas Blue Copy Share Image
I traveled to a library in South Africa called ILAM (International Library of African Music), which has a collection of about 500… — Ludwig Goransson Copy Share Image
You say 'African music' and you think 'tribal drumming.' But there's a lot of African music that's like James Brown, and a… — Damian Marley Copy Share Image
American audiences don't react in the same way as European ones to African music because, I think, Europeans listen to this music… — Rokia Traore Copy Share Image
I was raised on African music, Harry Belafonte, and the Boston Pops. Then I got a dose of soul and hip-hop. I… — Fantastic Negrito Copy Share Image
In a lot of African music, the singers are just singing whatever they feel at the time - because the instrumentation is… — Avey Tare Copy Share Image
In western classical music with an orchestra, you focus the orchestra on melodies and harmony. In African music, the biggest focus is… — Ludwig Goransson Copy Share Image
There's this kind of dialogue between African music and dance music, especially Moroccan stuff, because it's kind of ceremonial and has built-in… — Bonobo Copy Share Image
