The Afro-American experience is the only real culture that America has. Basically, every American tries to walk, talk, dress and behave like African …

- Hugh Masekela

I don't think any musician ever thinks about making a statement. I think everybody goes into music loving it.

- Hugh Masekela

I think it is incumbent on all human beings to oppose injustice in every form.

- Hugh Masekela

I've got to where I am in life not because of something I brought to the world but through something I found - the wealth of African culture.

- Hugh Masekela

I had to run away from home in order to be a musician. Because I came from a family of... my father was a health inspector; my mother was a social wo…

- Hugh Masekela

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

It's obvious that the rest of the world loves high African culture - African culture, period.

- Hugh Masekela

I am a forward-looking person and live in the moment to build for the future.

- Hugh Masekela

I lived for music since I could think.

- Hugh Masekela