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Hugh Masekela
Hugh Masekela
South African Musician
Born: Apr 4, 1939
Died: Jan 23, 2018
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Whatever you go into, you have to go in there to be the best. There's no formulas. It's all about passion and honesty and hard work. It might look glamorous, but it takes a lot of hard work. The blessing with the arts is that you can do it forever. Hugh Masekela
Work Hard Work Best You Blessing You Can Do It Honesty Passion Whatever About Glamorous Takes Look Go Lot Forever Arts Formulas Might Hard
I've always stood on one fact - that all over the world, there are only two things, the Establishment and the poor people. The poor people are a massive majority and across the world they are exploited in different kinds of ways. The Establishment depends on exploiting raw materials and the poor. Hugh Masekela
People World Different Kinds Ways Kinds Only Fact Raw Raw Materials Over Massive Majority Always Materials Stood Depends Different Establishment Poor Poor People Exploited Exploiting Across Things Two
The thing that is being lost is heritage. In Africa, religion and advertisement and television and media hype have gotten Africans to where they are convinced psychologically that their own heritage is heathen, pagan, barbaric, savage, primitive. Hugh Masekela
Savage Religion Hype Lost Own Heritage Television Primitive Advertisement Gotten Heathen Africa African Being Where Psychologically Barbaric Pagan Convinced Media Thing
I don't think anybody has ever been able to live up to what they promised. I don't know a government that has ever been successful at that because once they get into power, things change and the world is controlled also by business now. Hugh Masekela
Government Business Change World Power Live Think Once Promised Able Know Also Because Been Up Get Controlled Anybody Successful Now Ever Things
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
Education Music Me Try Old South Africa Years South Left Get Africa Wanted Available
I want to see Nelson walking down the streets of South Africa; I want to see him walking hand-in-hand with Winnie Mandela. Hugh Masekela
South Africa Down Nelson See Him South Hand-In-Hand Walking Mandela Africa Want Streets
Once in a while, I treat myself to a cheesecake or carrot cake. Hugh Masekela
Myself Treat Cake Once Carrot Cheesecake While
I don't criticise anybody, but I just don't understand religion. Like I don't understand nationalism. These are the two things that cause wars. I don't understand why they are supposed to be good things. Hugh Masekela
Good Religion Good Things Cause Nationalism Criticise Like Supposed Understand Just Anybody Wars Why Things Two
I grew up with protests, marches, demonstrations, struggle. But I come from a clan of community workers. Hugh Masekela
Struggle Community Clan Come Protests Demonstrations Up Grew Workers Marches
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
Music Suffering People Dance Think Prolific Talented Come Talented People Influenced Who
I'm travelling more than ever. I don't have the answer as to why, but the demand seems to have grown as I've got older. Hugh Masekela
Older Seems More Demand Answer Got Than Grown Why Ever Travelling
I don't think any musician ever thinks about making a statement. I think everybody goes into music loving it. Hugh Masekela
Music Think Everybody Statement Musician About Making Goes Any Loving Ever Thinks
When people campaign for positions, they promise people all kinds of things. Hugh Masekela
People Positions Promise Kinds Campaign Things
I lived for music since I could think. Hugh Masekela
Music Think Could Since Lived
I am a forward-looking person and live in the moment to build for the future. Hugh Masekela
Future Build Live Am Person Moment Forward-Looking
I'm very interested in heritage restoration, and I'm working with a group of people to create a number of academies and performance spaces to encourage native arts and crafts and to explore African history. Hugh Masekela
History People Group Heritage Restoration Performance Academy Encourage Very Crafts Arts African Native Spaces Interested Create Working Explore Number
I live a very enjoyable life. I understand what moderation is. Hugh Masekela
Life Live Understand Very Moderation Enjoyable
Corruption is everywhere, man. Hugh Masekela
Man Corruption Everywhere
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
Music Time Me Cause Old Think Musician Tried Folks Could Piano Piano Lessons Piano Player Since Got Years Accomplished Get Quite Just Lessons Lived Away Player Started Playing By The Time
Watching a Kirk Douglas movie, 'Young Man With A Horn,' made me want to be a trumpet player. Hugh Masekela
Me Man Made Young Horn Kirk Trumpet Want Movie Young Man Douglas Player Watching
I couldn't get away from the gramophone. It was the only thing that I ever really liked, and I was singing along by the time I was five years old - to the Modernaires and Billie Holiday and Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole. Hugh Masekela
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Apartheid didn't impinge on music. It impinged on people's freedoms. Hugh Masekela
Music People Impinge Freedoms Apartheid
Not only in Africa but in much of the world, most leaders' pockets are lined by industrial business. And industrial business is never going to stop aiming at profit. Hugh Masekela
Business World Profit Aiming Pockets Only Never Leaders Most Industrial Lined Going Stop Africa Much
One of the greatest things that could really happen to Africa is for us to get rid of the borders and for the leadership not to think that the countries belong to them... We didn't create the borders to start with. Hugh Masekela
Leadership Think Borders Could Countries Greatest Greatest Things Get Africa Happen Them Us Create Really Rid Things Start Belong

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