Miriam Makeba Year Quotations

The one I missed is Billie Holiday because she died the year before I arrived. I was in America in 1959 and she had passed away before that.

In those years, when I came to the States, people were always asking me why I didn't sing anymore. I'd tell them, 'I sing all around the world-Asia, Africa, Europe-but if you don't sing in the US, then you haven't really made it.' That's why I'll always be grateful to Paul Simon. He allowed me to bring my music back to my friends in this country.