Quotes by Jamaican authors

"This dragonfly came up to me. He was hovering right in front of my face, and I was really examining him, thinking, How does he see me? I became enlightened"

"I think that by and large chess players have been very kind. Like I said there have been a few incidents, but they certainly didn't serve to bring me down any"

"It's that kind of in-born music thing - I could pick up the guitar and play something. It's not something I consciously do"

"I would look at a dog and when our eyes met, I realized that the dog and all creatures are my family. They're like you and me"

"I like doing nothing, actually. Doing nothing is better thing when I am not working"

"I am a leader. Leaders always get heat. They're always going against the grain. Jimi Hendrix got heat; Bob Marley got heat; Miles Davis got heat. Every great artist got heat. Heat means you're doing something right"

"If it is, it is, If it's not, it's not"

"I'm not an American, Do they count the votes in America? I haven't voted in Jamaica either"

"I'm always in love"

"I think it's wrong the way they criminalize herb. There are many more uses than just smoking. Beneficial to mankind"

"I don't care what you play, where you're from, who you produce. It depends on what you're doing when you're with me. That's what counts. I don't pre-judge anything or anybody"

"I've opened up more by traveling outside Jamaica. It helps me to grow as a person to be outside of my element; to be on my own in a strange place meeting people"

"I think my type of personality has all music inside of it, so I am full of music, without even knowing it, without even learning it, without even hearing it"

"I rented a house, recorded the stuff in a house. Just took my time 'cuz sometimes it's just rush, rush, rush. I just wanna live and play music"

"I don't have to wait to realize the good old days"

"Yoga is a great thing and meditation is also great to get connected to yourself more"

"When people come to Jamaica, we don't want them to think about the problems of Jamaica. So let them come be in their paradise"

"I left Jamaica for a while, because as an artist I need to experience different things, see the world, have different energies. Living in one place is not good for me"

"I just got into the Beatles a couple years ago, you know, I like it"

"I don't think we should do anything that should make the people hate the American people more"

"I am not reggae, I am me. I am bigger than the limits that are put on me. It all has to do with the individual journey"

"I am expressing myself truthfully. That is an important thing"

"Last time I was in Jamaica I financed a teacher to teach in an orphanage"

"I think Americans should have a policy of love. That should be the foreign policy, love. Export Love"

"I prefer the country life. I live in Kingston, but there is lots of trees"

"The political system is not for the people. The people are secondary to the economy. It's about what generates money, not about what benefits the people"

"Love is more than one thing"

"Jamaica has problems; America has problems; everywhere has problems"

"If religion had a good purpose, then man would have created something great. But we're man: we mess up everything. We mess up nature. We mess up God. We take what is given to us and make it into what we think it should be"

"I've tried body surfing. It's nice"