Quote by Miriam Makeba
And why is our music called world music? I think people are being

And why is our music called world music? I think people are being polite. What they want to say is that its third world music. Like they use to call us under developed countries, now it has changed to developing countries, its much more polite. – Miriam Makeba

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In the mind, in the heart, I was always home. I always imagined, really, going back home. – Miriam Makeba

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Girls are the future mothers of our society, and it is important that we focus on their well-being. – Miriam Makeba

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I look at an ant and I see myself: a native South African, endowed by nature with a strength much greater than my size so I might cope with the weight of a racism that crushes my spirit. – Miriam Makeba

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High school music teachers… nobody makes a living off it. – David Ogden Stiers

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I havent heard any music on the BBC World Service in a long time. Maybe Im listening at the wrong times. But not one single piece of music. – Aung San Suu Kyi

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The Christian community latched onto a lot of my music, because there were a lot of things about my struggle they related to. But I didnt really want to come out and be identified as a Christian, because I didnt want to be a hypocrite, because my life wasnt right. – Scott Stapp

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I was always struck by how Picasso had no interest in music. – David Hockney

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