Quotes of Miriam Makeba - somelinesforyou

“ Mama Africa. ”

- Miriam Makeba

“ Africa has her mysteries, and even a wise man cannot understand them. But a wise man respects them. ”

- Miriam Makeba

“ And I believe that it becomes a troubled continent because there are those who must always cause confusion so that we do not keep these natural resources. ”

- Miriam Makeba

“ I titled the album Reflections because I am reflecting on my music career. ”

- Miriam Makeba

“ Well there is a lot of work here for younger and older musicians now. Our Ministry of Culture has now really embarked on changing things for artists, and it is getting much better. We just have to organize ourselves as artists, and then things will be better. ”

- Miriam Makeba

“ Well there is a lot of work here for younger and older musicians now. Our Ministry of Culture has now really embarked on changing things for artists, and it is getting much better. We just have to organize ourselves as artists, and then things will be better. ”

- Miriam Makeba

“ And I believe that it becomes a troubled continent because there are those who must always cause confusion so that we do not keep these natural resources. ”

- Miriam Makeba

“ 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

“ There are three things I was born with in this world, and there are three things I will have until the day I die-hope, determination, and song. ”

- Miriam Makeba

“ There are three things I was born with in this world, and there are three things I will have until the day I die-hope, determination, and song. ”

- Miriam Makeba

“ I believe I can sing anything. ”

- Miriam Makeba

“ But if you are going to wear blinders then you do not know the world. ”

- Miriam Makeba

“ I titled the album Reflections because I am reflecting on my music career. ”

- Miriam Makeba

“ I believe I can sing anything. ”

- Miriam Makeba

“ 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

“ Well there is a lot of work here for younger and older musicians now. Our Ministry of Culture has now really embarked on changing things for artists, and it is getting much better. We just have to organize ourselves as artists, and then things will be better. ”

- Miriam Makeba

“ In the mind, in the heart, I was always home. I always imagined, really, going back home. ”

- Miriam Makeba

“ It was hard to be away from home, but I am glad that I am home now. ”

- Miriam Makeba

“ And I believe that it becomes a troubled continent because there are those who must always cause confusion so that we do not keep these natural resources. ”

- Miriam Makeba

“ You are damned and praised, or encouraged or discouraged by those who listen to you, and those who come to applaud you. And to me, those people are very important. ”

- Miriam Makeba

“ The one I missed is Billie Holiday because she died the year before I arrived. I was in America in 1959 and she had passed away before that. ”

- Miriam Makeba

“ There are three things I was born with in this world, and there are three things I will have until the day I die-hope, determination, and song. ”

- Miriam Makeba

“ Well there is a lot of work here for younger and older musicians now. Our Ministry of Culture has now really embarked on changing things for artists, and it is getting much better. We just have to organize ourselves as artists, and then things will be better. ”

- Miriam Makeba

“ There are three things I was born with in this world, and there are three things I will have until the day I die-hope, determination, and song. ”

- Miriam Makeba

“ The one I missed is Billie Holiday because she died the year before I arrived. I was in America in 1959 and she had passed away before that. ”

- Miriam Makeba

“ 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

“ But if you are going to wear blinders then you do not know the world. ”

- Miriam Makeba

“ There are three things I was born with in this world, and there are three things I will have until the day I die-hope, determination, and song. ”

- Miriam Makeba

“ The one I missed is Billie Holiday because she died the year before I arrived. I was in America in 1959 and she had passed away before that. ”

- Miriam Makeba

“ But if you are going to wear blinders then you do not know the world. ”

- Miriam Makeba
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