Miriam Makeba Quote

I'm not a political singer. I don't know what the word means. People think I consciously decided to tell the world what was happening in South Africa. No! I was singing about my life, and in South Africa we always sang about what was happening to us — especially the things that hurt us.

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