Fela Quotes

TODAY is the PAST of your FUTURE. So, make TODAY count for the sake of your HISTORY. Use your words, time & choices wisely ~ Fela Durotoye

To be honest and truthful in all endeavours is an experience, not a regret ~ Fela Kuti

Houses are built brick-by-brick. HOMEs are built word-by-word. Houses don't build themselves. So YOU must build your home ~ Fela Durotoye

I hold death in my pouch, I cannot die. ~ Fela Kuti

Real Fathers are men of integrity & honour. Their word is their bond. ~ Fela Durotoye

When your EFFORT results in the DESIRED EFFECT, then you have WORKED ~ Fela Durotoye

Nigerians must have the dream, believe the dream, live the dream and work to build the dream ~ Fela Durotoye

An enlightened and empowered generation is the key to our development in Nigeria and indeed in Africa ~ Fela Durotoye

Withheld potential is a "CRIME TO HUMANITY ~ Fela Durotoye

This isn't the hand of some swooning princess who sits tatting lace and waiting for some prince to save her. This is the hand of a woman who would climb a rope of her own hair to freedom, or kill a captor ogre in his sleep. And this is the hand of a woman who would have made it through the fire on her own if I hadn't been there. Singed perhaps, but safe. ~ Patrick Rothfuss

We must be the ones to re-define the world class standards of excellence ~ Fela Durotoye

Your Potential is an OBLIGATION.Its what you MUST be,do and have because you CAN. You Can, you Must, You will ~ Fela Durotoye

There is nothing worse than climbing a ladder to the top, only to discover that it is leaning on the wrong wall. That is DEFECTIVE SUCCESS. ~ Fela Durotoye

There was a pointed silence from Ambrose, so I lowered my shirt and turned to face Fela, ignoring him entirely. "My lady scriv," I said to her with a bow. A very slight bow, as my back wouldn't permit a deep one. "Would you be so good as to help me locate a book concerning women? I have been instructed by my betters to inform myself on this most subtle subject." Fela gave a faint smile and relaxed a bit. ~ Patrick Rothfuss

Life never gives you what you deserve but what you decided. ~ Tara Fela-Durotoye

What we need now is a nation of great people who live to positively impact others and build enduring legacies ~ Fela Durotoye

It would be inadmissible if I would vent my opinion publicly. Not only could I harm the artist concerned seriously because people have so much respect for me and believe in me because of my musical accomplishments. And I could also antagonize people against me, because everyone has his own taste. We all make music, people can choose from that what they like. Every musician likes his own music the best, man. I don't want to attack that. I don't mind criticism, I can handle it, but most people can't. ~ Fela Kuti

LIGHT has no value without darkness, just as a SOLUTION has no value without a problem ~ Fela Durotoye

Real Fathers are Role Models worthy of emulation. They choose to live exemplary lifestyles of leadership and excellence ~ Fela Durotoye

With my music, I create change ... I am using my music as a weapon. ~ Fela Kuti

Despite the turbulence our nation has experienced, we WILL arrive safely and without incident! ~ Fela Durotoye

I want peace. Happiness. Not only for myself. For everybody. ~ Fela Kuti

Africa must remain on the path of democracy. But democracy MUST also remain about the PEOPLE, not about power ~ Fela Durotoye

Africa and indeed Nigeria has always been a paradox, an inexplicable contraction of a blessed land with a poor masses ~ Fela Durotoye

The challenge has always been that "good people" don't know how to win elections ~ Fela Durotoye

Every barren land is a VISION waiting for a VISIONARY ~ Fela Durotoye

Nigeria 2025 is not a national cake we hope to all share, its a cake we must be ready to bake ~ Fela Durotoye

We used to play a lot of Fela Kuti in the early days of hip-hop. In my DJ sets I'll jump off into rock, salsa, African. I like to play some crazy stuff and see the vibrations of the people. ~ Afrika Bambaataa

It is nice to be important but it is more important to be nice ~ Fela Durotoye

Leadership is a SERVING relationship with OTHERS that inspires THEIR growth and makes the world a better place ~ Fela Durotoye

There are many countries but few nations. We are committed to building Nigeria into a most desirable nation to live ~ Fela Durotoye

Everyone including YOU suffers when you refuse to BE all & DO all you can ~ Fela Durotoye

If your Idea cannot CHANGE the INDUSTRY, you have added no VALUE ~ Fela Durotoye

I don't tell lies about anybody. That's why i win all my wars. ~ Fela Kuti

Listening to the type of music I grew up with, like King Sunny Ade, Fela Kuti and experiencing different things and conditions and hardship, as well as the good times in Nigeria, has definitely carved me into who I am. ~ Nneka

Without Purpose, LIVING is downgraded to Breathing a boring routine of inhaling oxygen - waiting to exhale ~ Fela Durotoye

My people are scared of the air around them, they always have an excuse not to fight for freedom, ~ Fela Kuti

99.9% of the information you get about Africa is wrong ~ Fela Kuti

The music of Africa is big sound: it's the sound of a community ~ Fela Kuti

Eighty years back the Medica discovered how to remove cataracts from eyes," Fela said. "I already know that," Elodin said, waving his hand dismissively. "Let me finish," Fela said. "When they figured out how to do this, it meant they could restore sight to people who had never been able to see before. These people hadn't gone blind, they had been born blind." Elodin cocked his head curiously. Fela continued. "After they could see, they were shown objects. A ball, a cube, and a pyramid all sitting on a table." Fela made the shapes with her hands as she spoke. "Then the physickers asked them which one of the three objects was round." Fela paused for effect, looking at all of us. "They couldn't tell just by looking at them. They needed to touch them first. Only after they touched the ball did they realize it was the round one. ~ Patrick Rothfuss

Your Potential is all that you can HAVE but have not yet possessed. No limits. No boundaries ~ Fela Durotoye

I refuse to live my life in fear ... ~ Fela Kuti

Music is the weapon. Music is the weapon of the future. ~ Fela Kuti

Great nations are built by great people, not just successful people ~ Fela Durotoye

The Fela Kuti Queens - the band members and wives of the late African musician Fela Anikulapo Kuti - are my fashion icons. ~ Solange Knowles

When you don't know where you are going in life (No Clear Destination), you don't need direction ... you need Divine Revelation ~ Fela Durotoye

I must identify myself with Africa. Then I will have an identity. ~ Fela Kuti

To achieve this incredible feat of building Nigeria, we must all truly desire to see it happen ~ Fela Durotoye

We must see the new Nigeria The Nigeria We Want we must accept personal responsibility to build it ~ Fela Durotoye

Seek and achieve "GREATNESS" instead of mere success ~ Fela Durotoye

Real Fathers are men of integrity & honour. Their word is their bond. ~ Fela Durotoye

A year from today, it will be Good if your life is positively different, but GREAT if your life has made a positive difference on others ~ Fela Durotoye

You cannot sing African music in proper English ~ Fela Kuti

In all, Nigeria belongs to us all and we have a personal responsibility to see that it succeeds ~ Fela Durotoye