--- title: "1 Rhythm Music Quotes By Fela Kuti" description: "1 Rhythm Music quotes by Fela Kuti. Plus more from Fela Kuti and more Rhythm Music sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/155/fela-kuti-10143_african-music_jazz-was-the-beginning-of-rhythm-music-w_2971541.jpg" --- > [Jazz was the beginning of rhythm music, which developed into rock and roll. But what the jazz musicians lost because they were so far from their homeland was the intricate rhythms of African music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fela-kuti/jazz-was-the-beginning-of-rhythm-music-which-developed-into-rock-and/) [Fela Kuti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fela-kuti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/155/fela-kuti-10143_african-music_jazz-was-the-beginning-of-rhythm-music-w_2971541.jpg) ## More by Fela Kuti > [Spiritually speaking, every human being has a destiny and a duty to perform.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fela-kuti/spiritually-speaking-every-human-being-has-a-destiny-and-a-duty-to/) [Fela Kuti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fela-kuti/) > [Our prisons are very bad. When I was in Ikoyi prison, people were dying every day. They were carrying bodies out of the prison…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fela-kuti/our-prisons-are-very-bad-when-i-was-in-ikoyi-prison-people-were-dying/) [Fela Kuti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fela-kuti/) > [I want peace. Happiness. Not only for myself. For everybody.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fela-kuti/i-want-peace-happiness-not-only-for-myself-for-everybody/) [Fela Kuti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fela-kuti/) > [I would never run away from my country. Even at the point of death, I doubt I would move out, because what is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fela-kuti/i-would-never-run-away-from-my-country-even-at-the-point-of-death-i/) [Fela Kuti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fela-kuti/) > [My mother was the most wicked mother ever seen in life when it came to beating. Oh-la-la! Every time I would say, 'This is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fela-kuti/my-mother-was-the-most-wicked-mother-ever-seen-in-life-when-it-came/) [Fela Kuti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fela-kuti/) > [It is a false belief to think you can own somebody, I'm out of that now. The man should understand he does not own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fela-kuti/it-is-a-false-belief-to-think-you-can-own-somebody-i-m-out-of-that/) [Fela Kuti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fela-kuti/) > [99.9% of the information you get about Africa is wrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fela-kuti/99-9-of-the-information-you-get-about-africa-is-wrong/) [Fela Kuti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fela-kuti/) > [I believe in pan-Africanism. This means that in many things - the judiciary, sports, economics and trade - we want Africanism to be involved,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fela-kuti/i-believe-in-pan-africanism-this-means-that-in-many-things-the/) [Fela Kuti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fela-kuti/) > [When you start to think of revenge, you start to think of hate. I don't believe in hating people. It's a retrogressive thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fela-kuti/when-you-start-to-think-of-revenge-you-start-to-think-of-hate-i-don-t/) [Fela Kuti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fela-kuti/) > [I hold death in my pouch, I cannot die.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fela-kuti/i-hold-death-in-my-pouch-i-cannot-die/) [Fela Kuti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fela-kuti/) > [I've suffered quite a lot, to the point where I've experienced death. Years before I wasn't fit to die, but I understand life better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fela-kuti/i-ve-suffered-quite-a-lot-to-the-point-where-i-ve-experienced-death/) [Fela Kuti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fela-kuti/) > [I think I'm going to lead my people one day. I'm sure of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fela-kuti/i-think-i-m-going-to-lead-my-people-one-day-i-m-sure-of-it/) [Fela Kuti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fela-kuti/) > [An African man should not do anything called housework or cooking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fela-kuti/an-african-man-should-not-do-anything-called-housework-or-cooking/) [Fela Kuti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fela-kuti/) > [Classical music gives musicians a kick. But African music gives everyone a kick.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fela-kuti/classical-music-gives-musicians-a-kick-but-african-music-gives/) [Fela Kuti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fela-kuti/) > [In America we talk about South Africa, but I tell people that apartheid is nothing compared to what is happening in my country where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fela-kuti/in-america-we-talk-about-south-africa-but-i-tell-people-that/) [Fela Kuti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fela-kuti/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rhythm-music/fela-kuti/#itemlist", "name": "1 Rhythm Music Quotes By Fela Kuti", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Jazz was the beginning of rhythm music, which developed into rock and roll. 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