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Ebo Taylor Quotes

born 1936 Ghana

Ebo Taylor (born Deroy Taylor; 6 January 1936 – 7 February 2026) was a Ghanaian guitarist, composer, bandleader, record producer and arranger focusing on highlife and afrobeat music.

Ghana

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“It is still a minority of people who are interested in traditional music.”

“There are American influences in my music but there is African culture behind it.”

"Highlife was very popular with Africans in London! It was a powerful reminder of home.”

“Most young musicians in Ghana are getting their ideas from overseas, and maybe mixing in some highlife or Afrobeat. But some people are looking back into earlier forms of music."

"I was born to do this and it's the only thing I want to continue doing."

“I feel like I’m still playing jazz but with Ghanaian rhythms.”

"I do believe that it is important for music to progress, otherwise it just becomes something for museums, but you have to know your traditional culture before you start adding things to it.”

"It's important we help the future generations develop our musical heritage further."

"Yeah, that song has a special meaning to me, because I wrote it when my first wife left me. That situation left me distraught and made me realise love and death are really closely related."

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Ebo Taylor (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.