Abdullah Ibrahim Quotes & Sayings

I don't think of myself as a jazz musician but a medicine man. — Abdullah Ibrahim

People say that slaves were taken from Africa. This is not true: People were taken from Africa, among them healers and priests, and were made into slaves. — Abdullah Ibrahim

Music is only a means to an end - it is not the end. The concern is with the condition of man — Abdullah Ibrahim

They took away time, and they gave us the clock. — Abdullah Ibrahim

The biggest problem in South Africa is that we have a disrupted timeline. Historically, politically, spiritually, economically, in people's minds, in people's heads. — Abdullah Ibrahim

When time and space and change converge, we find place. We arrive in Place when we resolve things. Place is peace of mind and understanding. Place is knowledge of self. Place is resolution. — Abdullah Ibrahim