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 worker. And I was pretty smart in school. So they expected me to be some kind of academic - schoolteacher, or doctor, lawyer - and they were very disappointed when I told them I wanted to be a musician.
Hugh MasekelaI don't think what I do is influenced by suffering. I come from a talented people who are prolific in music and dance.
Hugh MasekelaI'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 MasekelaI'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 MasekelaI'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