Top 1200 Horn Of Africa Quotes & Sayings - Page 15

The Brick House was one of the toughest joints I ever played in ... Guys would drink and fight one another like circle saws. Bottles would come flying over the bandstand like crazy and there was lots of plain common shooting and cutting. But somehow all that jive didn't faze me at all. I was so happy to have some place to blow my horn.

I got recognized on the subway in South Africa because of 'Big Bang.'

As a kid, I always felt connected to Africa; it was something I was very proud of.

In my view, the humanity of our world can be measured against the fate of Africa.

I went on safari in South Africa just after apartheid had ended.

The ANC will rule South Africa until Jesus comes back.

All I know is that every time I go to Africa, I am shaken to my core.

Life is difficult in Africa, even getting three square meals.

I cannot remember a time when I did not want to go to Africa to study animals.

Why don't you click your heels three times and go back to Africa.

I'm not supposed to be playing, the music is supposed to be playing me. I'm just supposed to be standing there with the horn, moving my fingers. The music is supposed to be coming through me; that's when it's really happening.

I just think you people would be happier back in Africa where you came from.

I was born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa, but I live in New York City.

I want to show the world that there is more to Africa than poverty, hunger, and disease.

Africa is cruel...it takes your heart and grinds it into powdered stone - and no-one minds

The tragedy of Africa is that Africans are in the business of canonizing thieves and demonizing its saints.

I'm extremely optimistic about rapid transformation and change of things in Africa in general.

My love, my passion, my everything is this continent of Africa. I have always celebrated African humanity.

Africa is a paradise. You meet people who look at life differently. They love the adventure.

Many people say I smile more in Africa than in Sweden.

When I get a chance to play in South Africa, I will try to do well.

My plays have been translated into all of the official languages of South Africa except Afrikaans.

I tell you, Bono may have a point. South Africa needs a Walmart.

I never think of playing for South Africa. It's the furthest thing from my mind.

When you have caught the rhythm of Africa, you find out that it is the same in all her music.

When I first went to Africa, I thought that I was personally going to save the continent, if not the world.

A guitar player goes on the road, and he misses his girlfriend for a while, but he manages to get along. A horn player gets out on the road, plays two or three towns, and then he'll get lonely, and next thing you know, he's packed up and left. It's better not to hire him in the first place.

I'm a story teller. I really know how to tell stories of Africa.

Western-style multi-party democracy is possible but not suitable for Africa.

I will try to work very hard not to disappoint the people of South Africa.

I fell in love with Africa and began helping people fix things there.

Europe became rich because it exploited Africa; and the Africans know that.

Almost every country in Africa has now instituted multi-party democracy.

In Africa, villagers look up to elders; they are the moral voice of their community.

It's tragic that there are so few farmer-direct coffees in Africa, but it's very tough.

People go to Africa and confirm what they already have in their heads and so they fail to see what is there in front of them.

No matter what happens with EDM, I would like to go to New Orleans and just play with one of those small funk bands in an intimate venue. How cool would it be to work with a band with those huge horn lines and produce all of that great funk that makes you just want to party?

I love the impatience of New York... You ever had somebody not ask you for directions, but demand them? You're just innocently walking down the street, you hear a horn, all of a sudden some guy's like, 'HOLLAND TUNNEL!!!' ...You know, like you were supposed to fax this guy directions. Suddenly, you're wasting HIS time.

I've traveled to many countries in Africa, and to me, Benin felt the most hopeful.

It is important for American congregations to hold their churches accountable for what their money does in Africa.

India has always stood with Africa on the freedom struggle against colonial powers.

I fancy a safari in South Africa. Watching animals in the wild must be amazing.

You go to Africa, and you see how things are over there. Spiritually, it opens you up.

Africa is closer to me in every way than Iraq or Syria.

A safari is just a magical thing, the winelands in South Africa are beautiful.

My biggest obsession is to show Africans and the world who the people of Africa really are.

It feels like God visits everywhere else, but lives in Africa.

The American evangelical movement in Africa does valuable work in helping the poor.

I have a daughter and two grand-daughters and a great grandson in Africa, in Cape Town.

We are not just a farming area, Africa has great potential and we are a developing continent.

We all evolved out of the same three or four groups in Africa, as black Africans.

Let us pray for peace in Africa, especially in the Central African Republic and in South Sudan.

It's probably the happiest moment for me, to play in a World Cup hosted in Africa.

My parents both played tennis in South Africa. I learned from them.

Look to Africa, when a black king shall be crowned for the day of deliverance is at hand!

Living in South Africa has had a very profound impact on my career.

I was held up at gunpoint a month after I won Miss South Africa.

Africa doesn't leap on you immediately; it seeps slowly, and it's incredibly important to be respectful and humble there.

The longer I lived overseas, the more I appreciated being from South Africa.

If Africa seeks prosperity, it must provide for the health and nutrition of all – including the poorest.