When a man has written a role for you that you admire, the expectations are higher.

Baby, baby, don't get hooked on me, cause I'll just use you then I'll set you free.

We have to go through certain things in order to appreciate life and learn lessons.

A lot of my lyrics are approximate meaning without me knowing why they sound right.

There are just as many dirt bags in independent music as there are in major labels.

I'm living a life until I die so there will be no shortage of things to sing about.

The arts are tremendously powerful in bringing people with opposing views together.

I think this is what real love is like.. Wanting to be together as they grow older.

Through my music, I've found a place in the world where I'm accepted, so I'm happy.

Jazz is not just music, it's a way of life, it's a way of being, a way of thinking.

I believe - figuratively, but in a very real way - we need to tent the White House!

The talents of an artist, small or large, are God-given... They are a sacred trust.

They weren't really weddings, just long costume parties. (on three of her weddings)

Education is when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you don't.

'Footprints On The Moon' plans to inspire and incite positive and catalytic change.

Any CEO would want to know what people say about his product anywhere in the world.

I love kids, and I'm great with them, but I also love being able to give them back.

I think we risk becoming the best informed society that has ever died of ignorance.

I'm very fit on tour. I try to eat well, try to sleep. But it's still rock n' roll.

My dream is to do whatever I want without any interference from the record company.

My thing is to get people out of the stigma of what a reggae artist should be like.

'Shaggy' was a nickname before it was ever a stage name. I have no problem with it.

My maxim is that no one's ever made it. I haven't and that's why I work my hardest.

Good people can do bad things, make bad decisions. It doesn't make them bad people.

You learn that, when your children are all right, everything is right in the world.

Dance music is great, but it's not a time to be reflective or particularly wistful.

There's gotta be more to life than chasing down every temporary high to satisfy me.

One of the tropes of our videos is that they were very rhythmic with clipped edits.

Doing nothing gives me great pleasure. And believe me, I succeed wonderfully in it.

I had Botox and I hated it. For four long months, I looked like a different person.

Let's all sign petitions to make Earthships and organic home gardens the normality.

I don't have a problem with being black in a white country or being with my people.

I don't know why, but I felt as if I was always behind the eight ball, so to speak.

First of all, I love singing. I mean, I get out of bed and I sing. I can't help it.

I only record songs that I really like and believe in and can sing with conviction.

I'm proud I've been able to pay my rent doing what I love because I hate real jobs.

I've been very fortunate to have had the opportunities to have the career I've had.

[Some] songs are all so detailed and in-depth that it takes forever to finish them.

I do use art as a site of protest, particularly in relation to dominant narratives.

In politics, sometimes you have to lie, or you make a promise that you cannot keep.

When it comes to relationships, I think I'm pretty experienced - you'd be surprised.

When you are knocked down you have two choices - stay down or get back up, stronger.

If you have a positive frame of mind, you can manifest positive things in your life.

You're gonna get thrown curve balls left and right, and that's just the way it goes.

I think there needs to be more care taken for the actor. You know, we are not props!

Being rich and famous isn't all happiness and at times the pressures have got to me.

I think the worst thing you can do is blend in. Why would you ever want to blend in?

The bad people trying to make the world worse never take a day off, so why should I?

If you wanna hear what the people are saying, you can hear what the Rastaman saying.

The last thing that the blues needs is another smart-ass white boy with an attitude.

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