Fela Kuti Quotes

17 quotes in 148 categories

• I must identify myself with Africa. Then I will have an identity.
• The music of Africa is big sound: it's the sound of a community
• With my music, I create change...I am using my music as a weapon.
• In Nigeria they convict by law, not by the truth
• A radical is he who has no sense...fights without reason...I have a reason. I am authentic. Yes, that's what I am.
• To be honest and truthful in all endeavours is an experience, not a regret
• To be spiritual is not by praying and going to church. Spiritualism is the understanding of the universe so that it can be a better…
• That is my best friend because it is a gift of the creator to Africans. It is a spirit. Marijuana has five fingers of creation...it…
• My people are scared of the air around them, they always have an excuse not to fight for freedom,
• I refuse to live my life in fear...
• If it is not fit to live in, then our job is to make it fit.
• Music is a weapon of the future / music is the weapon of the progressives / music is the weapon of the givers of life
• Music is the weapon. Music is the weapon of the future.
• Music is a spiritual thing, you don't play with music. If you play with music you will die young. You see, because when the higher…
• The secret of life is to have no fear.
• I hold death in my pouch, I cannot die.
• I don't tell lies about anybody. That's why i win all my wars.

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