I look at a stream and I see myself: a native South African, flowing irresistibly over hard obstacles until they become smooth and, one day, disappear - flowing from an origin that has been forgotten toward an end that will never be.

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.

I have to go and say farewell to all the countries that I have been to, if I can. I am 73 now, it is taxing on me.

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

my thoughts are like quick little fish that swim out of my grasp.

Age is wisdom if one has lived ones life properly.

It's a really unfair world because life is, where I am; all day long we listen to American music. So I don't see why the radios in the U.S. cannot even put aside one hour a day just to play music that is not American.