Trinidadians Quotes:

In the early '70s [the late] Ras Shorty and I took Indian dholak drumming [from chutney music, another Indo-Trinidadian creation], fused it with calypso's African rhythms, and soca was born against the wishes of the purists.

- Machel Montano

source: Source: www.billboard.com

topic: Wish, Drumming, Calypso, Trinidadians

Africans in the United States must remember that the slave ships brought no West Indians, no Caribbeans, no Jamaicans or Trinidadians or Barbadians to this hemisphere. The slave ships brought only African people and most of us took the semblance of nationality from the places where slave ships dropped us off.

- John Henrik Clarke

topic: People, Hemisphere, Ships, Trinidadians, Slave Ships

The mixture of the Trinidadian people and the Indian people has caused a new culture to emerge.

- Ismail Merchant

topic: People, Culture, Mixtures, Trinidadians, New Cultures

I think if I was Trinidadian, I would latch more on to the myths and romanticise the place more. I don't think it's my place to do that - they're not really mine. I'm an outsider.

- Peter Doig

source: "Peter Doig: the outsider comes home". Interview with Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. September 5, 2012.

topic: Thinking, Outsiders, Latches, Trinidadians

New York City pretty much reeked of music. Reeked of rap and hip-hop. As for me, growing up in a strict West Indian, Trinidadian household, and a Christian household as well, I had to fight for the right to go and actually be a part of it.

- Phife Dawg

source: Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com

topic: Christian, New York, Growing Up, Trinidadians