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Salif Keita Quotes

born 1949 Mali

Salif Keïta (IPA: [salif keita]) (born 25 August 1949) is a Malian singer-songwriter, referred to as the "Golden Voice of Africa". He is a member of the Keita royal family of Mali.

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Random Salif Keita quote

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Ahh that's life in the world. Sometimes you are high, you cry, you speak louder. But other times, you speak from the heart.

The life of a musician is like an egg. You start from egg and grow into the chicken.

I am living for everybody, not for my country alone. I am living for Africa. I live for the African people.

I chose to talk about the past because life was a positive experience then. But we accept the present too because we have to move forward.

When you have both your mother and father, you are still young. But when you lose one of them, you see you are not young any more. You are on your own. You have to take responsibility.

Attribution

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