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Apartheid didn't impinge on music. It impinged on people's freedoms. - Hugh Masekela
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I've got to where am in life not because of something I brought to the world but through something I found - the wealth of African culture. - Hugh Masekela
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I lived for music since I could think. - Hugh Masekela
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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
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I always make the joke that I go home, to one of my homes, to go and do laundry so I can go on the road again. - Hugh Masekela
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I just came from South Africa, a place that had been in a perpetual uprising since 1653, so the uprising had become a way of life in our culture and we grew up with rallies and strikes and marches and boycotts. - Hugh Masekela
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I think the most difficult thing that has had to happen in South Africa for the previously disadvantaged communities is they had to reconcile that the oppressor has been enriched and the establishment is now making five or 10 times more profit than they were during the time the economic embargo was on them. - Hugh Masekela
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In my view, Africa's real problems are cultural. - Hugh Masekela
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I think it is incumbent on all human beings to oppose injustice in every form. - Hugh Masekela
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What people don't know about oppression is that the oppressor works much harder. You always grew up being told you were not smart enough or not fast enough, but we all lived from the time we were children to beat the system. - Hugh Masekela
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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
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If I don't make heritage visible and the strength of mother tongue important for my grandchildren, it scares me that they might say in 20 years from now, 'Well, it is rumoured that we used to be Africans long ago.' And in many urban areas, it's already happening. - Hugh Masekela
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I'm not a Christian. My participation in music is so full blast, 24 hours a day. And that's my religion. I think I'm as spiritual as the pope, because I spend as much time in my spirituality as he does. - Hugh Masekela
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I don't think any musician ever thinks about making a statement. I think everybody goes into music loving it. - Hugh Masekela
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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
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For me to want to play the trumpet was a very, very odd thing for my clan as a whole. One of my uncles was a high school principal, and he referred to my trumpet as a bugle, which really hurt me. - Hugh Masekela
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Once in a while, I treat myself to a cheesecake or carrot cake. - Hugh Masekela
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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
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