Apartheid didn't impinge on music. It impinged on people's freedoms. — Hugh Masekela Copy Share Image
My biggest obsession is to show Africans and the world who the people of Africa really are, — Hugh Masekela Copy Share Image
When people campaign for positions, they promise people all kinds of things. — Hugh Masekela Copy Share Image
I don't think what I do is influenced by suffering. I come from a talented people who are prolific in music and… — Hugh Masekela Copy Share Image
What people don't know about oppression is that the oppressor works much harder. You always grew up being told you were not… — Hugh Masekela Copy Share Image
The apartheid people were actors, and they had to act out their part in their beliefs every day. That's why we always… — Hugh Masekela Copy Share Image
Mandela was chosen as a symbol of the South African struggle, and he did that great. But I wasn't just happy for… — Hugh Masekela Copy Share Image
When I left South Africa there were 10 million people - when I came back there were more than 40 million. I… — Hugh Masekela Copy Share Image
I'm very interested in heritage restoration, and I'm working with a group of people to create a number of academies and performance… — Hugh Masekela Copy Share Image
I think that anybody from the 20th century, up to now, has to be aware that if it wasn't for Louis Armstrong,… — Hugh Masekela Copy Share Image
I've always stood on one fact - that all over the world, there are only two things, the Establishment and the poor… — Hugh Masekela Copy Share Image
In some townships, political parties are run by thugs financed from Cape Town. If we don't have support of the police, we can not… — Hugh Masekela Copy Share Image
I've got to where am in life not because of something I brought to the world but through something I found - the wealth… — Hugh Masekela Copy Share Image
It's obvious that the rest of the world loves high African culture - African culture, period. — Hugh Masekela Copy Share Image
I couldn't get away from the gramophone. It was the only thing that I ever really liked, and I was singing along by the… — Hugh Masekela Copy Share Image
Africa has been troubled for a long time - well, the world has been troubled ever since I was born. — Hugh Masekela Copy Share Image
I don't think any musician ever thinks about making a statement. I think everybody goes into music loving it. — Hugh Masekela Copy Share Image
One of the greatest things that could really happen to Africa is for us to get rid of the borders and for the leadership… — Hugh Masekela Copy Share Image
I started playing the piano when I was 6 years old 'cause my folks tried to get me away from the gramophone. And I… — Hugh Masekela Copy Share Image
I just came from South Africa, a place that had been in a perpetual uprising since 1653, so the uprising had become a way… — Hugh Masekela Copy Share Image
