Quotes by Fela Kuti - Page 2

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 / Multi-Instrumentalist
Wicked
Life Time Me
Life Time Mother
Beat
Beating
Every Time
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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 / Multi-Instrumentalist
Died
Finished
Worry
Time Death Fear
Death Time Fear
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I've suffered quite a lot, to the point where I've experienced death. Years before I wasn't fit to die, but I understand life better now. Death is nice, death is beauty.
Fela Kuti / Multi-Instrumentalist
Beauty
Death
Better Now
Fit
Nice
Life Death Where
Die
Understand
Quite
Suffered
Experienced
Point
Quite A Lot
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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 / Multi-Instrumentalist
Rhythm
Chord
Continent
Instrument
Section
Tonality
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It is a false belief to think you can own somebody, I'm out of that now. The man should understand he does not own the woman, and the woman should understand she does not own the man.
Fela Kuti / Multi-Instrumentalist
Belief
Should
Now
Understand
Somebody
Does
Own
Woman
False
She
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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 / Multi-Instrumentalist
Sports
Economics
Involved
Judiciary
Trade
Freedom Believe People
Basically
For The People
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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 / Multi-Instrumentalist
Music
Homeland
Intricate
Jazz
Lost
Rhythm
Rock And Roll
African
Beginning
Developed
Far
Jazz Musicians
Rock
Musicians
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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 artistry by commercialization, and I don't want to belong to that bag.
Fela Kuti / Multi-Instrumentalist
Artistry
Commercialization
Destroyed
Greatness
Art Experience Music
African
Artists
Bag
Belong
Experience Art Music
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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 / Multi-Instrumentalist
Inspiration
Movement
Africa
Drew
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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 / Multi-Instrumentalist
Giving
Play
Spiritual
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The African mind has a lot to contribute, not only to world understanding of the arts, but to an understanding of spiritualism. That is the contribution Africa will make to the world of the future - an injection of sanity into the environment of the universe itself.
Fela Kuti / Multi-Instrumentalist
Environment
Sanity
Spiritualism
Understanding
Universe
Africa
African
Arts
Itself
Contribute
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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 / Multi-Instrumentalist
Discouraged
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It would be inadmissible if I would vent my opinion publicly. Not only could I harm the artist concerned seriously because people have so much respect for me and believe in me because of my musical accomplishments. And I could also antagonize people against me, because everyone has his own taste. We all make music, people can choose from that what they like. Every musician likes his own music the best, man. I don't want to attack that. I don't mind criticism, I can handle it, but most people can't".
Fela Kuti / Multi-Instrumentalist
Men
Artist
Believe
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