Miriam Makeba Quote

It's because they want to sound like Americans. I'd like to see them develop our music and sing it their way, but they think sounding American is going to take them higher, but it is not. They have beautiful voices, but they want to sound like Whitney Houston. You can't beat people like that at their own game. And they can't beat me at mine, either!

As quoted in Denselow, Robin (16 May 2008) - Interview with Robin Denselow (May 2008)