You are damned and praised, or encouraged or discouraged by those who listen to you, and those who come to applaud you.… — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
I kept my culture. I kept the music of my roots. Through my music I became this voice and image of Africa… — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
People in the United States still have a 'Tarzan' movie view of Africa. That's because in the movies all you see are… — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
Which goes to show you, you can make all the laws you want, but you cannot change people's ways. If you must… — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
In the West the past is like a dead animal. It is a carcass picked at by the flies that call themselves… — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
The conqueror writes history, they came, they conquered and they write. You don't expect the people who came to invade us to… — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
Belafonte sent his people to pick me up and I went back and shook his hand, then went back to my little… — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
And why is our music called world music? I think people are being polite. What they want to say is that it's… — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
In those years, when I came to the States, people were always asking me why I didn't sing anymore. I'd tell them,… — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
Everybody now admits that apartheid was wrong, and all I did was tell the people who wanted to know where I come… — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
Be careful, think about the effect of what you say. Your words should be constructive, bring people together, not pull them apart. — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
It's a really unfair world because life is, where I am; all day long we listen to American music. So I don't see why… — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
Belafonte sent his people to pick me up and I went back and shook his hand, then went back to my little flat. I… — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
Age is getting to know all the ways the world turns, so that if you cannot turn the world the way you want, you… — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
He [Belafonte] was a good teacher and looked after me. He said, 'You have such great talent, you must try not to be a… — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
Africa has her mysteries, and even a wise man cannot understand them. But a wise man respects them — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
There are three things I was born with in this world, and there are three things I will have until the day I die-hope,… — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
In New York I heard A Piece of Ground, written by a white South African, Jeremy Taylor. I modified it a little and sang… — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
In the West the past is like a dead animal. It is a carcass picked at by the flies that call themselves historians and… — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
I titled the album Reflections because I am reflecting on my music career. — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
![“People in the United States still have a 'Tarzan' movie view of Africa. That's because in the movies all you see are jungles and animals . . . We [too] watch television and listen to the radio and go to dances and fall in love.” quote by Miriam Makeba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d22/miriam-makeba-14520_animal_people-in-the-united-states-still-have-a_1599363.jpg)
![“He [Belafonte] was a good teacher and looked after me. He said, 'You have such great talent, you must try not to be a tornado - be like a submarine. It was good advice when I found myself speaking at the UN Committee Against Apartheid and then the UN General Assembly.” quote by Miriam Makeba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e74/miriam-makeba-14520_advice_he-belafonte-was-a-good-teacher-and-look_491185.jpg)
