Achieng Abura Quotes
d. 2016
Achieng Abura, referred to as Lydia Achieng Abura, (died 20 October 2016) was a Kenyan singer who performed Afro-jazz, Afro-fusion, and gospel music.
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I believe music is a gift from God
Meet me as a child of God.
There are a lot of artistes who are intelligent but have been forced to brand themselves as dumb. That is not the way to go! Don’t dumb yourself down for music. Don’t belittle or degrade yourself.
I want to transform our society. I write about the girl child, women, environment, and even politics
I get an inspiration, then I record on my phone and when I get home, I play it out on my piano and record it on my phone again
I want my son to be proud of me.
I can speak authoritatively on issues and people listen. Also when you are an artiste in Africa, you probably won’t have a strong team to help you brand yourself and manage your career. You have to do most of it yourself. A good education will help you manage all that.
The FM stations are largely to blame. They play only a certain type of music from certain artistes. They have formed some sort of cartel, which makes it hard for new artistes to break into the industry.
"For me I wanted to use my music to have a positive change into the society, and positive change is not only spiritual change. Positive change for me has been a peace activist, an environmental activist, women empowerment and girl empowerment".
Sports teams, athletes and artistes continue to suffer because of gross mismanagement and bloated corruption. The Olympics just unearthed a sordid situation yet the same people remain in their jobs. Is it that we owe them jobs?
I always sang in the house. I just loved singing. When I was in Class Seven, at the age of 12, my mother bought me my first piano as a present for passing my exams. I was excited!
My family was shocked by my decision. I am a single parent, so they were worried for me. But I really believed in my decision. I knew I could still incorporate my education in other projects
"You are limitless, you are in control of so many things, they are superficial. You are an entertainer, the minute you are off that stage don't expect, do not carry that euphoria to the rest of your life"
My position is that every artiste has to get an education. I have travelled to many places, and I have been the Goodwill Ambassador for WWF and UNDP and wherever I go, people respect me because of my education
There are many artistes making good music, but Kenyans never get to know them. For someone like me, it doesn’t really matter whether the radio stations play my music or not as I have an established clientele. My worry is for the upcoming artistes
Taking light to the dark side