Best quotes by Hugh Masekela on Music

Checkout quotes by Hugh Masekela on Music

  • I don't think any musician ever thinks about making a statement. I think everybody goes into music loving it.
    - Hugh Masekela
  • I lived for music since I could think.
    - Hugh Masekela
  • I don't think what I do is influenced by suffering. I come from a talented people who are prolific in music and dance.
    - Hugh Masekela
  • When I left South Africa in 1960 I was 20 years old. I wanted to try to get an education, and music education was not available for me in South Africa.
    - Hugh Masekela
  • I'm not a Christian. My participation in music is so full blast, 24 hours a day. And that's my religion. I think I'm as spiritual as the pope, because I spend as much time in my spirituality as he does.
    - Hugh Masekela
  • I started playing the piano when I was 6 years old 'cause my folks tried to get me away from the gramophone. And I just - I lived for music since I could think. And they got me piano lessons. So by the time I was 13, I was quite an accomplished piano player and musician.
    - Hugh Masekela
  • I got possessed by music as an infant.
    - Hugh Masekela
  • Apartheid didn't impinge on music. It impinged on people's freedoms.
    - Hugh Masekela