Band Quote by St. Lucia

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

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

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

— Angelique Kidjo

Bands can become absolutely huge and actually be pretty terrible musicians, and bands can be the most amazing songwriters and musicians in the world…

— Kevin Parker

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

One of my dreams is to expand and make sure African music and Afro Beats music is really on the map. I would like…

— Ice Prince

I feel like the music speaks for itself. Actually, we had less to prove than most bands coming out at the time because they…

— Gym Class Heroes

The art, the greatness of the music, the experience of the music is what I'm about. I think most African artists have destroyed their…

— Fela Kuti

I am consciously not trying to bring in World Music elements. The ways that I work and feel are completely different in how they…

— Joanna Newsom

We found ourselves becoming more serious about playing music than our friends were - or just more committed and had more meaningful connections. I…

— Mikal Cronin

It was the case in the 70s and 80s that people believed music could change the world. But now people aren't making music because…

— Sinead O'Connor

Aesthetically, we were enormously successful. Economically... there was no success. It was all about music of the future and unfortunately it was a band…

— Wayne Kramer