Occupation: Multi-Instrumentalist Birth: October 15, 1938 Death: 1997
In Nigeria they convict by law, not by the truth.
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 th….
Music is a weapon of the future / music is the weapon of the progressives / music is the weapon of the givers of life.
I refuse to live my life in fear..
My people are scared of the air around them, they always have an excuse not to fight for freedom..
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 don't tell lies about anybody. That's why i win all my wars..
Music is the weapon. Music is the weapon of the future..
With my music, I create change...I am using my music as a weapon..
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..
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 respec….
I could never leave my home.... It inspires me a lot..
I hold death in my pouch, I cannot die..
I must identify myself with Africa. Then I will have an identity..
The music of Africa is big sound: it's the sound of a community.
The secret of life is to have no fear..
99.9% of the information you get about Africa is wrong.
You cannot sing African music in proper English.
When you're in prison, you can't do anything about what's happening outside..
A radical is he who has no sense...fights without reason...I have a reason. I am authentic. Yes, that's what I am..