African music Quote by Fela Kuti Download Open image “You cannot sing African music in proper English” — Fela Kuti ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.6 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare African music Music
I just wanted to sing, and I didn't want my music to be unique to the US. I wanted Africans to hear it and… — Letta Mbulu Copy Share Image
In Africa, music is not an art form as much as it is a means of communication. — Vernon Reid Copy Share Image
What I love about African-African music is how unselfconscious it is in so many ways. — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
Music in Africa often contains messages. Music in Senegal, and Africa, is never music for music's sake or solely for entertainment. It's always a… — Youssou N'Dour Copy Share Image
There's songs like 'Africa' that just have kind of become part of pop culture. — Steve Porcaro Copy Share Image
If you don't trust the roots of the modern music in Africa, then there's hope for that music at all. — Angelique Kidjo Copy Share Image
In my music, my plays, my films, I want to carry always this central idea: to be African. — Paul Robeson Copy Share Image
Music in Africa is perceived so differently than Western classical music - it's language and storytelling. — Ludwig Goransson Copy Share Image
Only when you know the nuances of a language can you sing a song well. — Asha Bhosle 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 may have… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
World music can be sometimes like the lumber room in which all the non-English singers are dumped. When you are singing in Arabic, no… — Yasmine Hamdan Copy Share Image
Spiritually speaking, every human being has a destiny and a duty to perform. — Fela Kuti Copy Share Image
Our prisons are very bad. When I was in Ikoyi prison, people were dying every day. They were carrying bodies out of the prison… — Fela Kuti Copy Share Image
I would never run away from my country. Even at the point of death, I doubt I would move out, because what is the… — Fela Kuti Copy Share Image
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… — Fela Kuti Copy Share Image
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… — Fela Kuti Copy Share Image
I believe in pan-Africanism. This means that in many things - the judiciary, sports, economics and trade - we want Africanism to be involved,… — Fela Kuti Copy Share Image
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. — Fela Kuti Copy Share Image
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… — Fela Kuti 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 used to… — Lykke Li Copy Share Image
I grew up singing Mexican music, and that's based on indigenous Mexican rhythms. Mexican music also has an overlay of West African music, based… — Linda Ronstadt Copy Share Image
I just wanted to sing, and I didn't want my music to be unique to the US. I wanted Africans to hear it and… — Letta Mbulu Copy Share Image
I like African music but also R&B, rap, alternative rock, and classic. — Mousa Dembele Copy Share Image
As players of instruments, it is our duty to reach out and give light to those in the dark in whatever way that we… — Sizzla Copy Share Image
The African people and tribal chiefs are hospitable, and African music and dances are invigorating. — Li Keqiang 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. They judge… — idowu koyenikan 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 may have… — Nelson Mandela 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 related to… — Fantastic Negrito Copy Share Image
Classical music gives musicians a kick. But African music gives everyone a kick. — Fela Kuti 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 all doubt… — Max Roach Copy Share Image
