Women Singers

"Once I met a boy who told me that he came from Mars. And he took me by the hand and promised that we'd never part."

"Even if the Sun switched places with moon and the sky came down to the ground with us. Even if the rivers of the Earth ran dry and seas and lakes were about to die, We'd never be apart."

"See here don't be scared, You know that am in love with you, Baby listen, You never have to be afraid."

"Speechless, Darlin I am short of words, believe me, believe me Nobody's gonna take your place."

"“NTA used ‘Iyi Ogogo‘ to open and close their station for eight years, but they didn‘t pay me a kobo. They didn‘t even ask my permission. When I asked, they barred me from being shown on NTA and I went on hunger strike. They felt they were doing me a favour by using my music. Ben Bruce said ‘Don‘t touch that lady. I don‘t want to see her face, I don‘t want to hear her music on my station‘. And I said no, it wasn‘t his station, that NTA belonged to the nation. This was in 2000.”"

"Away would you go away with me away, All time I hide this things now I don’t know why?"

"Better hold me hard, I will never ever go."

"Stars are black, sky is dark, Feeling alone it's lonely night."

"Coz you're the only boy I know who comes from up above, So take my hand my dear I promise we will never part."

"I want my fans to listen and truly understand why music is my forever passion."

"I wanted to kill two birds with one stone. The phrase ‘Hear to Stay’ has two meanings: first, that music lovers should listen and stay connected and second, that the love from fans is what keeps us in music."

"The Move Afrika experience was very different; I gained valuable insights, connected with influential individuals, and found inspiration in the dedicated team who organized the event."

"Hear to Stay’ is more than just an album, it is my life in music."

"Baby when I look at you right there, you make me warm enough and I feel like home."

"I know it's hard to trust but love me first."

"Never let this love fade away."

"You know when I see how you love me I can do anything. Just to prove you that love is there."

"“Politics must not be left in the hands of notorious people or the mediocre. We must bring our best into it and no one has a right to complain if one refuses to get into politics, and some other people ventured into it and make laws that will affect your generation yet unborn.”"

"“I was targeted and abused for being an Igbo woman who came to give jobs to and elevate my people while sidelining them.”"

"“I probably would have been somewhere buying and selling like every other woman who is trying to survive. If I didn’t have education, it would still have been the same thing. I can buy and sell at all levels, considerably.”"

"“Mistakes make you human. But the point is, how do you look at your mistakes? What are they there for? Nobody is infallible. You are going to forge ahead based on what you have learnt from them. When you fall down, you have to get up. Learn your lessons, get up and keep going even stronger.”"

"Labour of love."

"I am a spiritual being and music lover."

"When education is used to empower women and greater progress is made to promote it, we will be able to work at full throttle to build community with a shared future for mankind."

"As UNESCO Special Envoy for the Advancement of Girls’ and Women’s Education, I am ready to further fulfil my responsibility and join hands with every one of you to make sure that more girls and women are loved, confident, and empowered."

"In contrast to the past, Peng Liyuan pays more attention to public exchange and communication, so that people of other countries may know more about China and our national image can be enhanced. Peng Liyuan’s diplomacy is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Besides the historical inevitability, it also has the following reasons: on one hand her dignified and generous appearance is in line with Chinese expectations on traditional women."

"Living in one and the same global village, humanity is evolving into an interlinked community with a shared future. Women have the power to promote the development of human civilization and create a better future for mankind. Education for girls and women can awaken, enhance and fully unleash this wonderful power."

"Third, the education of the future should impart the ability to learn, innovate, and apply new technologies. Given the explosion of knowledge and technologies, future education should encourage people to think innovatively and pursue lifelong learning. Digital education should be boosted, and people trained to use the internet, big data, artificial intelligence and other cutting-edge technologies to deal better with the changes in our world. I'm convinced that together, we will make tomorrow’s world a better place through education."

"Education is essential to enable us to understand and respect nature."

"As long as we stand in solidarity and work, together, every problem is surmountable."

"Through education, we can teach future generations to appreciate the diversity of civilizations."

"While Covid-19 continues to spread across the world, it is our shared wish that no girl is left behind because of the pandemic."

"The eradication of poverty and the realization of gender equality are ideals shared by all mankind, and an aspiration shared by women all over the world. The access to equitable and quality education ensures that women are able to draw the power of self-reliance from knowledge and skills. This will help them to lift themselves out of poverty and to embrace a happy life. In addition, they would be in a position to utilize this power to make contributions to society, and to pass it on to empower future generations – thus stopping the intergenerational transmission of poverty."

"I have visited many countries and talked to people from all walks of life. I have observed many women lift themselves out of poverty and change their fate through education. I would like to share with you some of China’s experiences and practices in this regard. Through continuous endeavour, China has achieved the goal of eliminating absolute poverty. We have always stressed that for poverty alleviation, we must first provide knowledge and skills. The development of education is a very important measure to achieve this."

"We need to explore innovation, use new methods and adopt new technologies to address new problems – so that high-quality educational resources can be offered to more girls, and they can continue their education in flexible and diverse ways."

"China considers the education of girls and women from poor families a top priority, and seeks to safeguard girls’ right to education with a host of measures. These include building schools, exempting girls from tuition and miscellaneous fees, and offering them grants and nutritious meals. In addition, we have introduced various skills training programmes for women – which take regional characteristics and the local needs of women into account and help them increase their income."

"A child’s first teacher is its mother. Making sure that mothers are educated means we can lift more people out of poverty and build a more inclusive and sustainable society."

"I believe the education of the future should focus on helping people to improve their abilities in three key areas. First, the ability to live in harmony with nature – humans and nature constitute the community of life. In the face of challenges like climate change and the deterioration of the environment, education is essential to enable us to understand and respect nature, so that production models and lifestyles that are conducive to sustainable development can be fostered."

"Young people need good education because it is not only about giving them knowledge and skills but also helping them become responsible citizens."

"People will then take the initiative to adapt themselves to protect nature and look after the Earth, the only home shared by all mankind. Second, the education of the future must focus on the ability to live in harmony with people from different countries and cultures. Different histories, national conditions, ethnic groups, and customs have given birth to many different civilizations and created a world rich in diversity. Through education, we can teach future generations about the cultures of other countries and nations, so that they appreciate the diversity of civilizations, and respect other people’s choices of development paths and lifestyles, while upholding their own cultural traditions and coexisting in harmony."

"I can remember being very keen to go to drama school at the age of eight, and practising ballet in my bedroom to Queen soundtracks."

"One of the reasons I didn't ever pursue a career - in the music world if you're black or mixed, you need to be able to belt a song or else you're not a singer, you know?"

"Growing up in London, with a hippie mom, I don't know that I'm most people's definition of what a black person is. I'm mixed, yes, but in the world I'm defined as black before I'm defined white. I've never been called white."

"Coming from the U.K., I can think of so many great songs and musical moments that didn't require a belter of a voice; my favorite singer is Kate Bush and she's not a belter, or PJ Harvey... I'm definitely more of an alternative girl."

"Great artists are the ones who have put their entire selves out there to be adored, humiliated, to be picked at, cherished, all of those things, and haven't shied away from that."

"There’s a lot more opportunity to be a person of color, to be a woman, and to be at the center of the storytelling."

"you need to be able to step outside yourself, and you don’t necessarily need to have real-life experiences to draw upon."

"There’s a social attitude toward being fairly accepting of violence, and coupled with the access to guns, in some ways we’re already at a place where in certain communities, gun violence is already rife—and in some ways, because of policy, it’s kind of condoned from the top."

"Success for me will be where the body of work I’ve done afforded me the opportunity to be as good as I can be, and to explore myself and to see what I’m capable of. People like that share a willingness to be scared and to take chances."

"Any good director, and I've worked with a few that I would call very good, they know how to disarm any anxieties very quickly."