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I refuse to live my life in fear.
My music has never been a failure.
The secret of life is to have no fear.
I hold death in my pouch, I cannot die.
When I do things, I do things honestly.
My ideas are threatening to the government.
You cannot sing African music in proper English
In Nigeria they convict by law, not by the truth
My country will be a symbol of free human society.
I could never leave my home.... It inspires me a lot.
Without Tony Allen, there would have been no Afrobeat.
99.9% of the information you get about Africa is wrong
Music is the weapon. Music is the weapon of the future.
I want peace. Happiness. Not only for myself. For everybody.
If it is not fit to live in, then our job is to make it fit.
I think I'm going to lead my people one day. I'm sure of it.
I'm not your average politician. I believe in higher forces.
I don't tell lies about anybody. That's why i win all my wars.
Music must awaken people to do their duty as citizens and act.
The music of Africa is big sound: it's the sound of a community
The human spirit is stronger than any government or institution.
I must identify myself with Africa. Then I will have an identity.
With my music, I create change...I am using my music as a weapon.
My message was 'Think African. Make schools read African history.'
An African man should not do anything called housework or cooking.
I've studied my culture deeply and I'm very aware of my tradition.
To be honest and truthful in all endeavours is an experience, not a regret
When you're in prison, you can't do anything about what's happening outside.
Spiritually speaking, every human being has a destiny and a duty to perform.
Marriage is a terrible institution, it creates such a regression of the mind.
Classical music gives musicians a kick. But African music gives everyone a kick.
By the time I finished school, I found out I wasn't qualified to study anything but music.
A police uniform is just a piece of clothing sewn by the same tailors who sew your clothes.
My people are scared of the air around them, they always have an excuse not to fight for freedom.
No, I didn't hear about 'Live Aid.' I was in prison, and we were not allowed newspapers in prison.
Western music is Bach, Handel and Schubert. It's good music, cleverly done. As a musician, I can see that.
If I became president now I would immediately pass a law that makes every citizen a policeman or a soldier.
A radical is he who has no sense...fights without reason...I have a reason. I am authentic. Yes, that's what I am.
If a female wants to do a man's job, no one will stop her from doing it, but women have duties to perform as mothers.
Music is a weapon of the future / music is the weapon of the progressives / music is the weapon of the givers of life
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.
Art itself is knowledge of the spiritual world. Art is information from higher forces, by those who are talented. I'm not jiving.
I realized that you cannot think European and want to write or create something African. You have to think African in everything.
America needs to hear some good sounds from Africa, man. The sanity of the world is going to be generated from Africa through art.
Our prisons are very bad. When I was in Ikoyi prison, people were dying every day. They were carrying bodies out of the prison every day.
American record companies seem to feel I am antiwestern, anticapitalism, anti the kind of society they like. They think I'm a troublemaker.
When I was young we weren't even allowed to speak our own languages in school. They called it 'vernacular,' as if only English was the real tongue.
To be spiritual is not by praying and going to church. Spiritualism is the understanding of the universe so that it can be a better place to live in.
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.
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.