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Dorothy Masuka
10 quotes
“I wasn’t meant to live this long,I was a sickly baby but look at me, living and beautiful. That’s a blessing.”
Dorothy Masuka (1935–2019) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Dorothy on her constant illness in 2019.
“I didn’t understand why I should be barred from that restaurant or being with that person.”
Dorothy Masuka (1935–2019) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Dorothy identified herself as an African in 2019.
“Home is a myth and, at some point, I had to accept that. I have lived in so many places and I have just learned to accept that you belong where you are.”
Dorothy Masuka (1935–2019) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Dorothy spoke on nature of home in 2019.
“People in music want you to play small so you can make them feel better. That’s why you see so many bands break up no matter how talented they are.”
Dorothy Masuka (1935–2019) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Dorothy spoke on frendship in music in 2019.
“I’ve been fighting not for a particular area — I’ve been fighting for South Africa, I’ve been fighting for Zimbabwe, Malawi, Tanzania, Congo and all these places. So I feel I don’t belong to one place.”
Dorothy Masuka (1935–2019) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Dorothy speak on history of activism in 2015.
“I’m a child of every part of this continent.”
Dorothy Masuka (1935–2019) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Dorothy in an interview in 2015.
“The way of my singing is message. You send a message: It’s love, it’s sadness, it’s everything.”
Dorothy Masuka (1935–2019) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Dorothy featured in a South African newspaper in 2014.
“They want to know how someone like me, who hasn’t studied music, can understand it so well.”
Dorothy Masuka (1935–2019) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Dorothy spoke on her music in 2014.
“I didn’t plan to be a singer, singing planned to be in me.”
Dorothy Masuka (1935–2019) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Dorothy in an interview with Mail & Guardian in 2014.
“A response to the daily experience of being harassed, grabbed and catcalled at in public.”
Dorothy Masuka (1935–2019) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Dorothy said in a 2015 interview at the Zanzibar International Film Festival.