Africa Quote by Joanna Newsom

Music in Africa is perceived so differently than Western classical music - it's language and storytelling.

— Ludwig Goransson

I think there's no way of avoiding the South African or African influence from coming into my music, just because I spent 19 years…

— St. Lucia

I have always been trying to make music which appeals to global audience.

— Guru Randhawa

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

The music of Africa is big sound: it's the sound of a community

— Fela Kuti

If you don't trust the roots of the modern music in Africa, then there's hope for that music at all.

— Angelique Kidjo

I like to think my music is of another world.

— Ravyn Lenae

In Africa, music is not an art form as much as it is a means of communication.

— Vernon Reid

Many people love my music. Many do not understand it. In general my music is more easily understood by younger people in Mali, and…

— Vieux Farka Toure

I've always tried to listen to a lot of different music from around the world.

— Serj Tankian

Who knows why I had to go through what I had to go through to produce the kind of music I produce today, to…

— Femi Kuti

What I love about African-African music is how unselfconscious it is in so many ways.

— St. Lucia