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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.
My father's songs don't intimidate me; my father's songs are my songs. My songs are his songs. There's no intimidation.
As an artist myself I don't like to be preached. I want to enjoy myself, so I kind of use that perspective to make music.
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.
The more chemicals that are in our food, the more we are messing with things that we probably don't know the full effect of.
The revolution will come from the people and the willingness to work towards something better, to fight for a better living.
I'm not a slave to the recording industry. I have the freedom to make an album that I want to make and do it the way I want.
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.
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.
My father was like the Old Testament. I am the New Testament. I am part of a new generation. In time, people will realize this.
I have found that children are the most open-minded of all my audiences. They are not set in their ways. They are open to ideas.
Doing something that is productive is a great way to alleviate emotional stress. Get your mind doing something that is productive.
Success means different things to different people. To me, the greatest quality of successful human beings is the ability to love.
Fitness has always been one of the top priorities in my life because that's the way I grew up, with soccer being the sport of choice.
The sun is always shining. We have oxygen, trees, birds. There's so much good things on Earth, still. We haven't destroyed everything.
URGE is a grassroots charity. We organized to get some incubators to give to the hospital for the kids. We donate money to orphanages.
Proud about my father? What am I most proud of? I think I'm proud of the legacy he left I think is what it is. He has left us so much.
Society and the system and politicians don't want people to be aware of things. They want people to believe what they have to show 'em.
Hopefully people hear that a part of what hurts society has a lot to do with the diet, the food that you're eating. So let's be careful.
My greatest accomplishment is the freedom for doing what I want to do with my music...I love my freedom so I'm happy I am a free artist.
I am not trying to be better than my father. I am not trying to be like him. I am just trying to be myself and express myself how I feel.
There is a physical relationship with a woman that you don't have with anybody else, but that's not about love. Love is a spiritual thing.
We believe in the almighty and we believe in God and that music is from God and we're inspired by God to give messages and ideas to people.
I was in my yard and thought that the tree was a living being. We take trees for granted. We don't believe they are as much alive as we are.
If I'm doing a concert, and I'm having a problem with the audience... I just play a Bob Marley song, and I'm good for the rest of the night.
If food is labeled, some people might choose to eat stuff that's genetically modified. They might decide they love it. But give us a choice.
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 go running. I go into nature. I really alleviate lot of emotional stress, any kind of stress I'm going through - exercise is my favorite medicine.
I was born by myself but carry the spirit and blood of my father, mother and my ancestors. So I am really never alone. My identity is through that line.
I run four times a week. And I don't count miles - I don't do that. I don't care about that. I care about how I feel, and I run according to how I feel.
If African countries can unite and pull resources together, then that will be the best thing we could ever do for the problems in Africa including AIDS.
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.
The more red meat and blood we eat, the more bloodthirsty we get, the more violent we get. The more vegetarian food we eat, the more peace is taken into us.
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.
Reggae music is not an easy music to like when it comes to the power in society. 'Cause it talks about changing society. You won't find it readily accepted.
I have a satellite radio show called 'The Legends of Reggae.' It's a cool way to branch out and do other things. I'm paying respect to the legends of reggae.
To me, everything is connected. We're a part of nature. We are organic beings. None of us were - all of us come out of a woman. That's the way we're growing.
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.
It's very important that we instill some respect for the parents. In America especially, the kids are unruly, screaming at mommy and daddy, running the show.
I can feel my father's spirit within me. I can feel similarities within us from the artistic perspective from being a musician. We have a lot of similarities.
My whole family is spiritual. My grandmother, grand aunt, cousins, they're all preachers and pastors. Spirituality is a part of my family, from generations ago.
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 wouldn't mind doing more in the kid's world because I think that might be just where I can be most useful to society, to the planet, if I can speak to children.
The African-American community still needs to come together as one and stand up for rights of the people and of what's happening in their culture, their community.
Screaming, it's not me. I tried it before! Action is more my thing. Not talking. It's hard for me to have word fights, fighting with words. I'd rather just listen.
The solution for mankind is of a spiritual nature. It is not a political or religious solution. It's the ability to love each other. That's the only solution I see.
I am freely able to express myself honestly to the public without trying to polish it over, trying to hide something. I'm just trying to be free with my expression.
If you keep hiding your true self, your life becomes like slow death. Once you become free from the lies and the hiding of yourself, then life becomes vibrant again.
I think that music, beats, melody, sound are a natural part of our DNA, our vibe. It’s just a part of the cycle of our lives, we’re born, we have eyes, we have music.
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.