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Top 15 Hugh Masekela Quotes (2025 Update)

Hugh Masekela Quote: “I lived for music since I could think.”

1. “I lived for music since I could think.”

— Hugh Masekela

Hugh Masekela Quote: “I am a forward-looking person and live in the moment to build for the future.”

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

— Hugh Masekela

Hugh Masekela Quote: “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.”

3. “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

Hugh Masekela Quote: “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.”

4. “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

Hugh Masekela Quote: “I think it is incumbent on all human beings to oppose injustice in every form.”

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

— Hugh Masekela

Hugh Masekela Quote: “When people campaign for positions, they promise people all kinds of things.”

6. “When people campaign for positions, they promise people all kinds of things.”

— Hugh Masekela

Hugh Masekela Quote: “I don’t think any musician ever thinks about making a statement. I think everybody goes into music loving it.”

7. “I don’t think any musician ever thinks about making a statement. I think everybody goes into music loving it.”

— Hugh Masekela

Hugh Masekela Quote: “I don’t think what I do is influenced by suffering. I come from a talented people who are prolific in music and dance.”

8. “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

Hugh Masekela Quote: “I grew up with protests, marches, demonstrations, struggle. But I come from a clan of community workers.”

9. “I grew up with protests, marches, demonstrations, struggle. But I come from a clan of community workers.”

— Hugh Masekela

Hugh Masekela Quote: “To tell you the truth, man, we spend most of the time travelling in hotels, in festivals, in concert halls, clubs, airports. The most unenjoyable part is all the security at airports.”

10. “To tell you the truth, man, we spend most of the time travelling in hotels, in festivals, in concert halls, clubs, airports. The most unenjoyable part is all the security at airports.”

— Hugh Masekela

Hugh Masekela Quote: “It’s obvious that the rest of the world loves high African culture – African culture, period.”

11. “It’s obvious that the rest of the world loves high African culture – African culture, period.”

— Hugh Masekela

Hugh Masekela Quote: “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.”

12. “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

Hugh Masekela Quote: “In my view, Africa’s real problems are cultural.”

13. “In my view, Africa’s real problems are cultural.”

— Hugh Masekela

Hugh Masekela Quote: “The Afro-American experience is the only real culture that America has. Basically, every American tries to walk, talk, dress and behave like African Americans.”

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

— Hugh Masekela

Hugh Masekela Quote: “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.”

15. “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

Hugh Masekela Quote: “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.”

16. “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

Hugh Masekela Quote: “Africa has been troubled for a long time – well, the world has been troubled ever since I was born.”

17. “Africa has been troubled for a long time – well, the world has been troubled ever since I was born.”

— Hugh Masekela

Hugh Masekela Quote: “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.”

18. “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

Hugh Masekela Quote: “All my experiences removed geography from my world.”

19. “All my experiences removed geography from my world.”

— Hugh Masekela

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