“I couldn't get away from the gramophone. It was the only thing that I ...” — Hugh Masekela Quote

“I couldn't get away from the gramophone. It was the only thing that I ever really liked, and I was singing along by the time I was five years old - to the Modernaires and Billie Holiday and Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole.”

“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.”

“I met the Santana band when I was 14. By the time I was 15, I was a member of the band.”

“With combat sports, a lot of it has to do with mental. You get people like Floyd Mayweather, Conor McGregor. Conor McGregor, he gets in your head before the fight even happens. By the time the fight happens, he doesn't worry about anything.”

“I longed to fly. I was paid in flying lessons and, by the time I was 13, I'd logged 100 hours at the controls.”