Fela Kuti Quotes

Meek wifehood is no part of my profession; I am your friend, but never your possession.

No one worth possessing can be quite possessed.

If I love you, what business is it of yours?

I hate jealousy, I hate possessiveness. I'm nobody's possession.

But let there be spaces in your togetherness and let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.

I've always said to my men friends, If you really care for me, darling, you will give me territory. Give me land, give me land.

I love my mother dearly, but it wouldn't be suitable for me to live with her all the time.

Other than marriage, she doesn't control me and I don't control her.

I don't want to see my family all the time, and they're delighted, I'm sure, to be aware of that.

I hate interference, and I don't interfere in others' lives.

She doesn’t want me to own her. (Dante) Well, the Simi doesn’t understand that. Owning’s not so bad. I own akri and he kind of fun. (Simi)

Love one another, but let’s try not to possess one another.

No human being can ever 'own' another, whether in friendship, love, marriage, or parenthood.

I don't know why someone else's marriage has anything to do with me.

It sounds so trite, but my private life is mine.

I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine.

In any relationship, after the first year is over, you can't help but want your own space.

I recommend limiting one's involvement in other people's lives to a pleasantly scant minimum.

If I want to be free from any other man's dictation, I must understand that I can have no other man under my control.

I want my personal life to be personal.

Relationships based on obligation lack dignity.

I don't like people cleaning my room.

I have a private life in which I do not permit interference. It must be respected.

I don't need to be married to Georgia O'Keeffe or Lillian Hellman, but I like being with a woman I can look up to.

If you love someone, set them free. If they come back they're yours; if they don't they never were.