[Python] My python program always goes back to the menu when I try using the play command,...

I'm trying to make a basic text RPG game, and I have just started. I am currently working on a menu, but whenever I try and enter 'p', it goes back to the menu, unintentionally. I want my program to not go back to the menu, and keep staying on the play bit, where the game will actually happen.

Here is my code that reproduces the error:

running = True


def menu(): # Game menu

print("")
print("FROM SUNSTEEL - MENU")
print("")
print("")
print("enter 'p' to play")
print("")
print("enter 'c' to view game credits")
print("")
print("enter 'q' to exit the game")
print("")
user_menuinput = input()

if user_menuinput == 'p':
play()

if user_menuinput == 'q':
time.sleep(0.5)
print("Quitting game...")
quit()

if user_menuinput == 'c':
time.sleep(0.5)
for i in range (3):
print("")
print("From Sunsteel was programmed by Dusco_11")
for i in range (3):
print("")
menu()


if user_menuinput != 'p' or 'q':
print("Invalid answer, returning to menu.")
menu()



def play(): # Actually plays the game
for i in range(3):
print("")
print("FROM SUNSTEEL")
time.sleep(1)
chapter1()



def chapter1(): # From Sunsteel Chapter 1
for i in range(3):
print("")
print("CHAPTER 1: DUSCOLIA'S FINAL FRONTIER")




while running == True: # Game loop
menu()


I think it is an issue with this line:

if user_menuinput != 'p' or 'q':
print("Invalid answer, returning to menu.")
menu()


I have tried looking up my issue on other sites, however I haven't found any good solutions. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

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