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Quotes by Musician
"I mean the flesh, never fade! The flesh never leave the creation, see, because with that divine spirit the flesh cannot fade. If the spirit is weak then the flesh fade, seen?"
62
"The biggest problem in South Africa is that we have a disrupted timeline. Historically, politically, spiritually, economically, in people's minds, in people's heads."
61
"For this album I was determined to do it my way. Take my time. I'm gonna win, lose or draw on my own."
Time,
56
"Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don't give up the fight."
55
"I don't really think in terms of obstacles. My biggest obstacle is always myself."
51
"One of the greatest gifts I've ever gotten is my daughter."
48
"It is very much the theme of our President, President Thabo Mbeki, whose passion is for Africa to work together, and for Africans to get up and do things for us. We are trying as women to do things for ourselves."
47
"I am not reggae, I am me. I am bigger than the limits that are put on me. It all has to do with the individual journey."
47
"The duty of youth is to challenge corruption."
47
"My intention when I came into this industry was to be a musician, not necessarily a recording artist, just a musician in general. And that's the reason I went to college and got my degree, which has been great for me. It's helped me a lot with my career."
45
"I mean, if you turn on the radio, love is 90 percent of the music."
44
"I always imagine later on these songs I could've played with a band, but it never worked out that way."
44
"Every band had their own distinctive sound, but it was pretty much dancing music and rhythmic music with a tremendous emphasis on copying the Cuban models."
44
"In his day, the audience was well aware of the music, of the classical beat."
42
"I am tapping into a place in you that is unexplored, and very dangerous, but I think essential to the creative life of an artist."
42
"I've chosen my wedding ring large and heavy to continue forever. But exactly because of that all the time that Dave and I have an argument I feel it like handcuffs, and on anger time I throw it in a basket. Poor Dave, he bought me three wedding rings already!"
42
"A friend is always good to have, but a lover's kiss is better than angels raining down on me."
41
"Every day we make more progress toward understanding the concert hall."
41
"It's easy. You draw a red line on the ground, right? Then you wait for a chicken to come along. When he arrives, he puts his beak right on the line and he's hypnotized!"
41
"It's not always been a happy marriage. I guess I wanted a quick fix."
40
"It's a really unfair world because life is, where I am; all day long we listen to American music. So I don't see why the radios in the U.S. cannot even put aside one hour a day just to play music that is not American."
40
"I wanted to do the whole album in black and white, and it really killed me that when you see it in the light it's got green in it. I don't know what the hell that was about."
40
"I got a scholarship to Seattle University and I was writing arrangements for singers and everybody. But the music course was too dry and I really wanted to get away from home."
40
"I just lived it and did my own thing without looking over my shoulder. I think I'm very lucky, considering when I started everything, and the fact that I have a masters in music, and I've always worked in music, and that's what I wanted to do."
39
"So everything that ever happened, we knew about in Panama."
39
"I really can't blame anyone but myself, because I didn't have to deliver the album. But when you get caught up in the gas, and you're young, and there's so much helium going on around you, you can't decipher the real end."
39
"Imitation is the highest form of flattery, but clones kind of get it wrong because we are promoting individuality and being proud of being yourself."
38
"He didn't want me to become a musician, he wanted me to be a doctor, because he said singing was too hard."
38
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