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America needs to hear some go...

America needs to hear some good sounds from Africa, man. The sanity of the world is going to be generated from Africa through art.

Fela Kuti 30 quotes

I could never leave my home.....

I could never leave my home.... It inspires me a lot.

Fela Kuti 30 quotes

Music is a spiritual thing, y...

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 forces give you the gift of music...musicians hip, it must be well used for the gift of humanity.

Fela Kuti 30 quotes

That is my best friend becaus...

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 enhances all your five senses.

Fela Kuti 30 quotes

I would never run away from m...

I would never run away from my country. Even at the point of death, I doubt I would move out, because what is the point of leaving your own country?

Fela Kuti 30 quotes

In America we talk about Sout...

In America we talk about South Africa, but I tell people that apartheid is nothing compared to what is happening in my country where black oppresses black.

Fela Kuti 30 quotes

My mother was the most wicked...

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 the end of me.' Oh, how she would beat me.

Fela Kuti 30 quotes

Music must awaken people to d...

Music must awaken people to do their duty as citizens and act.

Fela Kuti 30 quotes

By the time I finished school...

By the time I finished school, I found out I wasn't qualified to study anything but music.

Fela Kuti 30 quotes

Being African didn't mean any...

Being African didn't mean anything to me until later in my life.

Fela Kuti 30 quotes

I believe in pan-Africanism. ...

I believe in pan-Africanism. This means that in many things - the judiciary, sports, economics and trade - we want Africanism to be involved, which is basically more freedom for the people.

Fela Kuti 30 quotes

If I became president now I w...

If I became president now I would immediately pass a law that makes every citizen a policeman or a soldier.

Fela Kuti 30 quotes

I realized that you cannot th...

I realized that you cannot think European and want to write or create something African. You have to think African in everything.

Fela Kuti 30 quotes

Even death doesn't worry me, ...

Even death doesn't worry me, man. When my mother died it was because she finished her time on earth. I know that when I die I'll see her again, so how can I fear death?

Fela Kuti 30 quotes

Jazz was the beginning of rhy...

Jazz was the beginning of rhythm music, which developed into rock and roll. But what the jazz musicians lost because they were so far from their homeland was the intricate rhythms of African music.

Fela Kuti 30 quotes

People thought I was trying t...

People thought I was trying to say that women had no say, no rights. I was not saying that. I was saying that women had a role, a duty. When they want to have a say in government - though in Africa they are not expected to do that - they are not discouraged. They can do what they want to do.

Fela Kuti 30 quotes

Art itself is knowledge of th...

Art itself is knowledge of the spiritual world. Art is information from higher forces, by those who are talented. I'm not jiving.

Fela Kuti 30 quotes

The rhythm, the sounds, the t...

The rhythm, the sounds, the tonality, the chord sequences, the individual effect of each instrument and each section of the band - I'm talking about a whole continent in my music.

Fela Kuti 30 quotes

It's crazy; in the States, pe...

It's crazy; in the States, people think the black power movement drew inspiration from Africa. All these Americans come over here looking for awareness. They don't realize they're the ones who've got it over there.

Fela Kuti 30 quotes

When you start to think of re...

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.

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