African music Quote by Ludwig Goransson

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

— Ludwig Goransson

I've always been interested in any kind of great music, and African music is, I think, the source of it all.

— Jack Bruce

I was born understanding the language of music.

— Julian Bream

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

— St. Lucia

African music, though very old, is always being rediscovered in the West.

— Miriam Makeba

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

My mother is half-French, half-Malagasy, so I've been listening to African music, like Malian and Congolese music, since I was a child.

— Jain

Classical music gives musicians a kick. But African music gives everyone a kick.

— Fela Kuti

I think that I learned music. And also you learn recommendations that you can use in your life. When you travel, you all the…

— Baaba Maal

I haven't traveled in Africa nearly as much as I'd like to. I've been there a few times, and I'd like to learn more…

— Chick Corea

For me, music was always a second language. I didn't have a musical background, and I started studying very late, at fourteen.

— Garth Greenwell

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